De Gruyter Handbook of Global Security Challenges

Global Security Challenges in an age of uncertainty offers a comprehensive and rich survey of the forces reshaping the international security landscape. With a distinguished line-up of contributors and a thematic scope that spans conventional threats, non-traditional dangers, and disruptive "black swan" events, this volume thoroughly addressed the range of contemporary strategic challenges. Scholarly, yet accessible, it will prove invaluable to scholars, practitioners, and policymakers seeking to understand the volatile terrain of 21st-century geopolitics.

Professor Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University, USA

Global Security Challenges by M. L. R. Smith, Alexander C. Tan and Andrew T. H. Tan maps the next frontier of national and international threats. Mitigating global threats will require a shift from cooperation to collaboration and partnership with common databases, joint training and operations, and sharing of resources, expertise, and experience. A must read by the national security scholars and practitioners.

Professor Rohan Gunaratna, Founder, International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research; S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

In Global Security Challenges, three internationally renowned scholars have assembled a distinguished team of security experts to deliver a thorough, insightful and balanced analysis of the key security challenges facing our world today. This book underscores the urgency of these challenges, making it essential reading for anyone interested in the present and future of international security.

Associate Professor Andrea Benvenuti, University of South Wales, Australia, Author of Nehru's Bandung: Non-Alignment and Regional Order in Indian Cold War Strategy

M. L. R. Smith is Professor of Strategic Theory and Academic Principal at the Australian War College and Director of the Centre for Future Defence and National Security, Canberra Australia. He was previously Head of the Department of War Studies, Kings College London, UK.

Alexander C. Tan is Professor of Political Science and International Relations (University of Canterbury), Honorary Professor (NZ Defence Force Command and Staff College), Associate Director (NZ Contemporary China Research Centre), Fellow (John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies, Dallas, USA), adjunct University Chair Professor of Political Science (National Chengchi University, Taiwan). 

Andrew T. H. Tan is Non-Resident Principal Fellow, Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs, New Zealand. He was previously Professor of Security Studies, Macquarie University, and Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies, Kings College London, UK (based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College). Andrew is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 25 books.