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Fundamental Challenges to Global Peace and Security

The Future of Humanity

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Addresses crucial contemporary issues in international peace and justice

  • Covers various relevant topics, including the problems of governance in the 21st century

  • Showcases a range of perspectives of scholars and practitioners

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introduction: Securing the Future of Humanity in Challenging Times

    • Hoda Mahmoudi, Michael H. Allen, Kate Seaman
    Pages 1-9
  3. Leadership, Complexity and Global Governance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. Where Democratization and Globalization Meet

      • Craig N. Murphy
      Pages 21-45
  4. Technology and Peace

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
    2. Decentralized Networks vs The Trolls

      • Derek Caelin
      Pages 143-168
    3. Understanding Digital Conflict Drivers

      • Helena Puig Larrauri, Maude Morrison
      Pages 169-200
  5. Coda

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 291-291
    2. Coda Introduction: Pushing Toward the Future

      • Michael H. Allen, Kate Seaman, Hoda Mahmoudi
      Pages 293-297

About this book

This book challenges the current thinking and strategies in the field of global peace and security. It is clear that current global public and private institutions are inadequate for the challenges we face today. These challenges cut across borders and require a more coordinated and concerted effort to find workable solutions. This book therefore begins with the question of global leadership and works its way back to the interconnected dynamics of global modernity and conflict. It is divided into four parts, each addressing a fundamental challenge to global peace and security. By exploring how we break out of the current framework, in which we understand global activities and the distribution of resources, and this book provides new ways of understanding the material, cultural, political, and spiritual relations that form the basis of international society.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Bahá’í Chair for World Peace, University of Maryland, Baltimore, College Park, USA

    Hoda Mahmoudi, Kate Seaman

  • Department of Political Science, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, USA

    Michael H. Allen

About the editors

Hoda Mahmoudi is Research Professor and Chair, The Bahá’í Chair for World Peace, University of Maryland, USA.

Michael Allen is Professor and Chair of Political Science on the Harvey Wexler Chair in Political Science, and Co-Director of International Studies, Bryn Mawr College, USA.

Kate Seaman is Assistant Director, The Bahá’í Chair for World Peace, University of Maryland, USA. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fundamental Challenges to Global Peace and Security

  • Book Subtitle: The Future of Humanity

  • Editors: Hoda Mahmoudi, Michael H. Allen, Kate Seaman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79072-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79071-4Published: 05 February 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79074-5Published: 05 February 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-79072-1Published: 04 February 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 331

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: International Relations, International Security Studies, International Relations Theory

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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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Hardcover Book USD 139.99
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