| | List of Tables, Figures and Boxes | | |
| | List of Abbreviations | | |
| | Preface | | |
| | Acknowledgements | | |
1 | | International Relations and International Security | | 1 |
| | International security: politics, policy and prospects | | 3 |
| | Theory and research design in international security | | 8 |
| | Evolution of the international security research agenda | | 11 |
2 | | Continuity and Change in International Security Studies | | 16 |
| | International security studies in the interwar period | | 17 |
| | International security studies and the Cold War | | 21 |
| | International security studies after the Cold War | | 27 |
| | Globalization and human security | | 38 |
| | Summary | | 43 |
3 | | The Politics of International Security | | 45 |
| | The politics of international security: basic assumptions | | 47 |
| | The value-threat relationship and international security | | 53 |
| | Stakeholders and international security | | 57 |
| | Political debates about international security | | 61 |
| | The politics of policy effectiveness | | 65 |
| | Summary | | 69 |
4 | | Interstate War | | 70 |
| | Interstate war and international security | | 71 |
| | Stakeholder factors | | 77 |
| | Interstate war as a policy problem | | 84 |
| | The politics of policy effectiveness | | 90 |
| | Summary | | 95 |
5 | | Intrastate War | | 98 |
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