This book discusses the challenges to international security in the 21st Century from a comparative, state-based perspective. The edited collection features cutting-edge analyses of the myriad threats to global stability, featuring entries from field-leading experts from across the globe.

Norma Noonan is Professor Emerita of Political Science and Leadership Studies at Augsburg College, USA. She is the co-editor of Emerging Powers in Comparative Perspective (2013), co-author and co-editor of Women in Russian Politics and Society (1996), and editor and contributor to Encyclopedia of Russian Women's Movements (2001). Vidya Nadkarni is Professor of Political Science at the University of San Diego, USA. She is the author of Strategic Partnerships in Asia (2010), co-editor of Emerging Powers in Comparative Perspective (2013), and co-author of The Foreign Policy of Russia (Fifth Edition, 2014)