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International Security Studies Section

Compendium Committee Chair:

Professor Theo Farrell
King's College London
E-Mail: theo.farrell@googlemail.com

Compendium Committee Members: 

Elizabeth Kier, University of Washington
William Wohlforth, Dartmouth College
Charli Carpenter, University of Pittsburgh
Michael Williams, University of Aberystwyth
Scott Sagan, Stanford University
Stuart Croft, University of Warwick
Deborah Avant, George Washington University

List of Review Essays (as of March 12, 2008):

1. Realism and security*
2. Liberalism and security*
3. Constructivism and security*
4. Rationalism and security*
5. Postmodern, poststructural and security*
6. Critical theory, emancipation and security*
7. Feminism and security*
8. Psychology and security*
9. Organizational theory, bureaucratic politics and security*
10. Political theory and war: Hobbes, Locks, Kant, Rousseau, Lenin*
11. Securitization Theory*
12. Defining – redefining security*
13. Ethics, justice, and security*
14. Security studies and security policy*
15. Teaching security studies *
16. Air Power*
17. Sea Power*
18. Revolutions in warfare *
19. Military effectiveness*
20. Domestic politics and war*
21. The origins of grand strategy*
22. Alliances and war*
23. Crisis behavior: miscalculation, escalation, and accidental war*
24. Nuclear strategy*
25. Insurgency and counterinsurgency*
26. Civil-Military Relations*
27. Intelligence and national security*
28. Political economy of national defense*
29. The media and post-modern conflict*
30. International Law and Armed Conflict *
31. Risk and security*
32. The causes of war*
33. War termination *
34. Deterrence and Compellence *
35. Empires and international order*
36. Civil wars*
37. Humanitarian intervention *
38. Peace operations and nation building *
39. Proliferation and Counter-Proliferation *
40. Terrorism and counter-terrorism*
41. Arms control and disarmament*
42. Security regimes, collective security, and security communities *
43. Economic Sanctions and International  Security*
44. Energy security*
45. Private actors and global security*
46. Democracy promotion and global security *
47. Human security*
48. Economic security *
49. Environmental security and climate change*
50. Global pandemics and security*
51. Gender and security *
52. Population and movement and security *
53. Failing states and conflict *

* indicates that an author has been found.