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What forces drive violent conflicts, and whose interests are protected by military involvement? In those conflicts, how do domestic factors fuse with external dynamics, and what issues spell the difference between successful and failed intervention?
Enter Glocalized Security—a concept that argues that this fusion of domestic and external matters produces new war dynamics which require both substantial domestic reforms and realignment of external interests to achieve sustainable peace. In this edited collection, contributors use this concept to examine grievances and interests in and around war-torn countries. Combining a variety of disciplines, from sociology and political science to peace studies and public policy and administration, these case studies draw from over three decades of international military interventions around the world, including Afghanistan, Turkey, Somalia, Iraq, Nigeria, and Nepal. Analyzing the intersectional relationship of the local and global, Glocalized Security provides new insights into the problems of international security and why international military interventions often fail to ensure peace and security in conflict zones where these factors have morphed into terrorism warfare or zones of national interest among major world and regional powers.
By focusing on ethnicity, religion, poverty, governance, and the other most common motivators of violent conflicts, Glocalized Security provides a crucial conceptual basis for understanding international relations in the twenty-first century.
Contents
1. Introduction: Glocalized Security and the Conundrums of Peace and Security, by Abu Bakarr Bah
2. Contemporary Nationalisms and Conceptions of National Security: Military Power and the Reshaping of International Security, by Abu Bakarr Bah
3. Taliban's Return, Terrorism, and Regional Security Policy Convergence on Afghanistan, by Haqmal Daudzai and Farooq Yousaf
4. Prestige Seeking and International Commitments: Turkey's Involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh War, by Ünsal Sığrı and Taha Kalaycı
5. Kenya's Collective Security Approach in a Glocalized Security Environment in Somalia, by Francis Onditi and James Yuko
6. Shi'ism as Ideological Vector: International and Domestic Security in Iranian Foreign Policy in Iraq, by Massimo Ramaioli
7. Communal Conflicts and Radicalization into Non-Jihadi Violent Extremism in Nigeria: The Case of Southern Kaduna, by Gbemisola Abdul-Jelil Animasawun
8. The Yam Between Two Boulders: India, China, and the Glocalization of Contention in Nepal, by Ches Thurber
9. Conclusion: Glocalized Security, Intersectionality, and a Sociology of International Peace and Security, by Abu Bakarr Bah
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