1st Edition

Global Instability and Strategic Crisis

By Neville Brown Copyright 2004

    This review of the new situation proposes a broader remit for strategic studies than ever before. A prime concern is that Space not be weaponised in pursuance of missile defence.
    The interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq are assessed. The Holy Land, Southern Africa, Indonesia, China and the Arctic are also foci of special concern. Other themes include 'terror' redefined; lethal lasers; internal arms control; regional pacts; Marshall Plans; climate change; instabilities in advanced societies; a two-tier EU; pre-emption doctrine; and Space exploration.

    1. Through 11 September2. The Poverty of Strategy3. A War on Terror?4. Saddam, Slow Decline and Rapid Fall5. Social Instability6. Macabre Lethality7. The Ascent of the Missile8. Ballistic Encounter9. Terrestrial Coverage10. The Hevens Subverted?11. Pax Atlantica12. Arms in Moderation13. Planetary Internationalism14. Strategy Transcended

    Biography

    Neville Brown is a Professorial Associate Fellow at Mansfield College, University of Oxford, where he has specialized mainly in historical climatology. From January 2001 to December 2003, he was also a Senior Fellow with the Defence Engineering Group at University College London.