Vol. 3 No. 3(9) (2024)

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    In the conditions of large-scale confrontations among nations, the tasks of complementarity of national, regional and global security throughout the world, as well as ensuring the quality of human life are becoming more complicated, have become significantly more urgent in connection with new challenges, dangers and threats that are becoming increasingly chaotic. Along with traditional dangers, threats and wars, political instability and environmental cataclysms, new dangers and threats have emerged in the form of interstate conflicts and undeclared wars, the spread of international terrorism and crime, a sharp deterioration in the environment, large-scale man-made accidents and disasters, climate change on our planet, depletion of natural resources, changes in the direction of demographic tasks, etc.

    Ensuring a comprehensive multi-stage security system in connection with the emergence of new dangers and threats to its vital interests inherently presupposes a search for new approaches to the policy of ensuring global and national civiliarchical security. Globalization and Europeanization have strengthened the interconnection and interdependence of different regions, and thus scientific and technological progress has given rise to new global threats to the vital interests of nations, peoples, interstate organizations, CSOs, military alliances, etc.

    The civiliarchic community and the UN have not yet found answers to these threats, since the task of ensuring complex multi-stage security in the conditions of modern global resilience urgently requires scientific understanding, political analysis of the tasks associated with ensuring global security in the broad sense and human security as the most important component of international, regional and national security.

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    Intersections of Middle East Crises and African Stability: Assessing the Impact of Regional Conflicts on Peace and Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Abraham Ename Minko
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    This article examines regional crises and conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, assessing their impact on stability and security in a comparative perspective. It focuses on identifying common and specific elements in the structure of conflicts in the Middle East, such as the civil war in Syria and the Yemeni crisis, as they have far-reaching consequences beyond their immediate regions, significantly affecting the political, economic and security dynamics of sub-Saharan Africa. These crises contribute to refugee flows, arms trafficking, and the proliferation of terrorism, exacerbating instability in already fragile African states. The spillover effects challenge the capacities of African regional organizations like the African Union and ECOWAS to maintain peace and security. Additionally, the involvement of external powers, including the U.S., Russia, and China, in Middle Eastern conflicts further complicates the landscape, influencing African responses and policies. African nations face the dual challenge of addressing internal vulnerabilities while mitigating the adverse impacts of Middle Eastern conflicts. Diplomatic and economic strategies are crucial for enhancing resilience and stability. Understanding the intersections of these regional crises is essential for developing comprehensive policy frameworks that address the root causes and consequences of such conflicts. By exploring these interconnections, it becomes possible to identify effective measures for bolstering African stability in the face of external pressures and fostering a more secure and prosperous future for the continent.

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  • Regional Policy

    A Small State with Growing Influence: Balancing Azerbaijan in Global Energy Policy

    Suren Tadevosyan
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    Azerbaijan holds a pivotal position in the global energy landscape due to its substantial hydrocarbon resources and strategic location between Europe and Asia. This study examines Azerbaijan’s role as a key energy supplier within the context of its relationships with the EU and Russia. Applying role theory as the analytical framework, the research explores how Azerbaijan conceptualizes, negotiates, and performs its energy diplomacy while balancing external pressures and internal objectives. The study addresses three core questions: how Azerbaijan’s identity as an energy supplier influences its foreign policy, how it aligns with the EU’s energy diversification and sustainability goals, and how it mitigates role conflicts with Russia while preserving its sovereignty. The research employs qualitative methods, analyzing secondary data and policy documents to assess Azerbaijan’s strategic approaches. The findings illustrate Azerbaijan’s ability to assert agency within asymmetrical power dynamics, reinforcing its energy role with the EU through infrastructure projects like the Southern Gas Corridor, while managing role conflicts with Russia through economic cooperation and pragmatic engagement. This analysis highlights Azerbaijan’s adaptability and strategic positioning, contributing to the broader discourse on small-state agency and the geopolitics of energy diplomacy.

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Political Philosophy

  • Political Philosophy

    Reimagining Counterstruggle as a Comprehensive Theoretical Framework for Policy Design and Implementation: Dimensions and Factors of Struggle and Resistance

    Sergei Khatunov
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    This article analyzes strategic issues related to political factors of counterstruggle, which manifest different dimensions of confrontation, counteraction, opposition and resistance. This stimulates the development of innovative solutions that are actively used by political actors to analyze the economic, social, political situation in countries and regions with transitional political and economic systems, as well as to prepare public opinion for making important political decisions. In this context, political assets can quickly transform into liabilities, and ignored liabilities can become invaluable assets. Existing conceptual frameworks for policymaking fail to effectively address the enormous uncertainty inherent in environmental assessment, especially the complexity of constant, gradual change. The counterstruggle framework offers a more effective approach, mitigating the oversimplifications often found in geopolitical analysis. This framework builds on the trifunctional hypothesis, emphasizing compensatory capacities and the need for a balance between all factors to achieve a given goal. This article analyzes the interplay of space, time, and force within counterstruggle that gives rise to trifunctionality. This provides insight into the adaptive capacity available to navigate uncertainty and change, ultimately contributing to the stability that states and societies seek. The relationship between politics and economics goes far beyond our usual perception, in an inverse correlation influenced by the multiplicative effect of counterstruggle factors. In situations marked by uncertainty, the ability to quickly assess and adapt to the current environment becomes paramount, opening up numerous underappreciated methods of policy research.

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Comparative politics

  • Comparative politics

    Gridlocked Streets or Simply Disinterested? Urban Youth and Unconventional Political Participation in Zimbabwe’s Second Republic

    Octavious Masunda
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    This paper is situated in the political landscape of Zimbabwe's Second Republic, which many believed would usher in a new era of democratic governance. It examines urban youth and their engagement, or lack thereof, with unconventional modes of political participation. Utilising focus groups conducted in Harare and Bulawayo, findings reveal how young people engage with political issues through internet-based platforms and novel artistic expressions. While internet participation offers a space to the largely digitally savvy youth for critique and dialogue, it often fails to translate into tangible policy changes or meaningful impact, highlighting a sense of futility among the youth. Despite these creative outlets, findings also indicate a significant reluctance to participate in other traditional forms of protest, such as demonstrations or strikes, largely due to fears of police reprisals and the threat of lawfare. Life cycle factors, especially the economic situation, also deter further participation, as youths prioritise economic sustenance over political activism. The transition from Mugabe to Mnangagwa has not yielded the anticipated democratic dividend; instead, the political landscape remains unchanged, characterised by an enduring authoritarian culture. The pervasive use of lawfare and state security apparatus continues to deter young people from exercising their constitutional rights as outlined in Sections 58 (freedom of assembly and association), and 59 (freedom to demonstrate and petition). Unconventional participation can only thrive in an environment where constitutionalism is respected, thus the need for genuine commitment to democratic principles in Zimbabwe.

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European Integration

  • European Integration

    Resilience of Civiliarchic Democracy in the Face of Challenges and Gaps in European Integration: The Political Dimension of the Index of Civiliarchy

    Ashot Aleksanyan, Arusyak Aleksanyan
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    The Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries face significant challenges in achieving democratic consolidation amid geopolitical tensions, authoritarian tendencies and regional conflicts. This paper examines the resilience of civiliarchic democracy as a framework to understand and address these challenges. The study employs a mixed methods approach including comparative analysis and the Civiliarchy Index to explore the interplay between European integration, democratic resilience and anti-civiliarchic forces.  To identify the main principles of EU foreign policy in the EaP countries and its normative component, a qualitative targeted content analysis of official EU documentation was used. Additionally, the method of discourse analysis was used to consider the narrative regarding the participation and lobbying from the EU and European institutions and values within the EaP countries, as well as prepare for the negotiations with EU and EU member states for the interests of EaP countries. Europeanization and democratization determine both the political and social prospects for sustainable development of the EaP countries, as well as the hybrid challenges of strategic security and the dichotomy of inter-integration conflicts.  The paper analyzes the gaps in European political integration in the EaP countries for the period from 2013 to 2023. The authors rely on studies on Europeanization and European political integration in the tradition of neo-institutionalism, as well as on the resilience of the EaP countries. The findings of the paper imply that the civiliarchic democracy the EaP countries face is thwarted by internal instability, external pressures and shortcomings in EU policies. But EU’s strategic and engagement can in some extent tackle authoritarian trends and improve democratic institutions. Theoretical and practical insight into the concept of civiliarchic democracy and its resiliency in light of the democratization literature is the main contribution of the study. Policy and scholarly implications of the findings in support of improving democratic institutions and further inclusive European integration in the EaP region are suggested.

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Gender Politics

  • Gender Politics

    Understanding the Dynamics of Transition of the Women’s Movement in Armenia: Challenges for Democratic Representation and Increasing Political Influence

    Olga Azatyan
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    The article analyzes the origins of women’s social movements in the transit Armenian NGO network, which are closely linked to the emergence of modernity, where capitalism, state-building, urbanization and other factors created conditions for collective action. The results of women's civic initiatives are divided into direct results, such as changes in public policy, and indirect results, such as shifts in public opinion. The article draws attention to the fact that women's movements in Armenia are distinguished by the fact that they are future-oriented, ideologically driven and more inclusive than other civic initiatives. These new movements are often devoid of hierarchical structures, advocate for horizontal cooperation and are often marginalized by the media and public opinion. In this sense, the aim of this article is to analyze the resilience of women's movements in Armenia using the theory of civil society and political transformation of post-Soviet countries, focusing on the quality of political institutions and regimes, mobilizing social networks and protest cycles. The theoretical and practical position of this article reveals the peculiarities of the development and effective political adaptation of the women's community in the context of European integration of Armenian society. The main provisions of this article contribute to further research into the problems of women’s political adaptation in a transitional economy, identifying the main directions for establishing gender equality as one of the priorities of public policy, as well as strengthening the political activism of women in Armenia.

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Book Review

  • Book Review

    Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç. Springer VS, Wiesbaden, 2022. XII, 530 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2

    Anna Aleksanyan
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    In this book, various authors comparatively analyze the controversial issues of peace education and religion from the point of view of pedagogy and politics. In this context, the authors note that the modern world is becoming increasingly open and at the same time increasingly complex, fragile, unstable and aggressive. Therefore, the need for humanity to protect itself and future generations from the cruelty and violence of those massive scales that have horrified: the most brutal wars, protracted armed conflicts; terrorism; daily encounters with various mental pathologies, disorders, antisocial behavior and dysfunctional relationships, prejudices and discrimination; mass cases of domestic violence, thereby requiring civiliarchic and democratic countries to seek mechanisms to reduce them. The authors in their research draw attention to the fact that peace education is an effective way to prevent and reduce all types of violence, from global threats to peace to everyday conflicts. It is built on the basis of key, comprehensive social and humanistic values. In this sense, the goal of modern peace education is the development of a culture of peace in all its manifestations, since the content of peace education includes a wide range of knowledge from concepts of peace to religious and environmental issues. This knowledge is included in the content of both individual peace education courses of different focus, and in various educational areas.

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    Abbas Jafri, Qamar. 2022. “Islam and Peace Education in Pakistan.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 489-503. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_27.

    Adwan, Sami. 2022. “Preparing Future Teachers of Religious Education: An Approach to Peaceful and Harmonious Coexistence Among the Followers of Different Religions.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 233-253. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_13.

    Akin Musa, Ismail. 2022. “Nigeria’s Conflict Scenarios and the Potentials of Qur’anic Peace Pedagogy.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 519-530. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_29.

    Aslan, Ednan, William French, and Marcia Hermansen. 2022. “Introduction.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 1-29. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_1.

    Benjamin, Saija, Pia Koirikivi, Liam Gearon, and Arniika Kuusisto. 2022. “States of Mind: Peace Education and Preventing Violent Extremism.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 285-304. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_16.

    Cole, Juan. 2022. “Wishing Peace on Persecutors in Islam: Classical Qur’ān Commentaries (Sufi and Rationalist) on Al-Furqān 25:63–64.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 127-140. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_7.

    Demosthenous, Areti. 2022. “Different Models for Nonviolent Education in the Context of Peace Education.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 307-325. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_17.

    Duderija, Adis. 2022. “Creating Peaceful Societies by Countering the Phenomenon of Reactive Co-Radicalization.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 161-183. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_9.

    Gearon, Liam. 2022. “Eve of Destruction: Peace Education and Security Studies—Origins, Ends, Apocalypse.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 47-65. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_3.

    Gill, Scherto. 2022. “Interreligious Education and Peace.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 105-123. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_6.

    Giovanni Aguilar, Irene. 2022. “Peace Education and Memory Pedagogies: A Relational Perspective.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 255-265. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_14.

    Hassan, Riffat. 2022. “On Peace and Education: A Normative Islamic Perspective and Contemporary Considerations*.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 141-159. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_8.

    Iliško, Dzintra. 2022. “Interreligious Education in Fostering Peacebuilding and Sustainable Development in Latvia.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 343-355. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_19.

    Karagedik, Ulvi. 2022. “The Islamic Prophet and the Hadith as Bases for Peace Education.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 185-203. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_10.

    Koukounaras Liagkis, Marios. 2022. “Peace Education and Refugees and Asylum Seekers: The Case of Greece.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 415-431. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_23.

    Lähnemann, Johannes. 2022. “Peace Education at the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace (RfP) 2019.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 357-372. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_20.

    Lavy, Shiri. 2022. “The Dance of Love and Fear: An Emotional-Organizational Perspective on Peace Education.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 87-104. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_5.

    Lim, Hyunji. 2022. “Filial Piety as Peace Education: A Case Study of a Buddhist Resettlement Program for North Korean Defectors in South Korea.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 451-470. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_25.

    McLaughlin, Colleen. 2022. “Building Enabling Environments in Schools as a Contribution to Peace.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 217-231. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_12.

    Michitsch, Veronika. 2022. “Education at Eye Level: Transit Quarters as Educational Spaces for Participatory Learning Processes of Accompanied Refugee Children and Adolescents.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 391-413. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_22.

    Mirbagheri, Farid. 2022. “Mysticism and a Paradigm Shift in Peace Studies.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 205-213. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_11.

    Mishra, Lokanath. 2022. “Practices of Peace Education Followed in the Secondary Schools of Mizoram India.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 505-517. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_28.

    Rodríguez Mc Keon, Lucía. 2022. “Finding New Paths in Peace Education—Some Challenges Faced in the Implementation of a Teacher Training Program in Mexico.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 471-488. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_26.

    Schweitzer, Friedrich. 2022. “From “Just War” to “Just Peace”: Recent Developments in Protestant Ethics in Germany and Their Implications for Peace Education.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 33-45. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_2.

    Şen, Hasan, and Muhammed Vefa Şaş. 2022. “The Impact of Migration on Secularization and Peace Education: Research on Jafari Shi‘i Muslim Migrants from Igdır to İstanbul in Turkey.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 375-389. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_21.

    ter Avest, Ina. 2022. “Disruptive Moments as a Precondition for Peaceful Living Together.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 267-283. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_15.

    Thomson, Garrett. 2022. “The Relevance of Religions to Peace Education.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 67-85. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_4.

    Yaĝdı, Şenol. 2022. “Interreligious Learning as a Contribution to Peace Education—Empirical Insights from Christian-Islamic Team Teaching.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 327-342. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_18.

    Yaman, Ali. 2022. “The Alevi-Sunni Issue and Peace Education in Turkey: The Role of School Textbooks Between the Reality and the Ideal.” In: Peace Education and Religion: Perspectives, Pedagogy, Policies, edited by Marcia Hermansen, Ednan Aslan, Evrim Erşan Akkılıç, 433-450. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36984-2_24.

  • Book Review

    Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, 2024. XXI, 346 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7

    Viktorya Melkonyan
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    Abstract

    This book comparatively analyzes the relationship between human security and national security from the theoretical perspective of the transition from traditional security to human security. The different chapters of this book analyze the structured and organized dimensions of human security that shed light on the economic, food, health, community, environment and political security conditions in Asian countries. The authors explore the theoretical foundations and various models of human security to understand the challenges threatening human security of Asian countries. This book also analyzes the different situations of Asian countries where economically vulnerable and politically unstable and sometimes broken political systems are unable to easily address the problems of hunger, poverty, illiteracy, militancy, terrorism and ethno-religious conflicts that pose a real threat to human security. The book discusses the challenges of health policies in Asian countries in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to a major humanitarian crisis, taking into account the limited role of Asian countries in combating COVID-19. It is important to note that this book develops an interdisciplinary discourse on human security among scholars not only in Asian countries but also throughout the world.

    References

    Akon, Md.Saifullah. 2024. “Approaches and Challenges of Japan’s Human Security Policy: An Evaluation.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 105-123. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_6.

    Arshed, Tanwir. 2024. “The Paradox of Human (in)-Security: A Study of East Timor and Papua New Guinea.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 303-332. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_15.

    Barbieri, Michele, and Nane Aleksanyan. 2024. “Human Security As a Factor of Sustainable Security in Post-War Armenia: Global Responsibility of Small States”. Journal of Political Science: Bulletin of Yerevan University 3 (2(8): 42-64. https://doi.org/10.46991/JOPS/2024.3.8.042.

    Benkin, Richard. 2024. “A Comparative Study Between the Minorities of India with the Minorities of Pakistan and Bangladesh: Question of Human Security.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 125-146. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_7.

    Biswas, Bibhuti Bhusan, and Neha Kumari Murai. 2024. “From Traditional Security to Human Security: A Conceptual Framework.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 57-71. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_4.

    Chattopadhyay, Pratip. 2024. “Human Security as National Security: Understanding Pakistan in the Twenty-First Century.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 215-228. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_11.

    Datta, Sujit Kumar. 2024. “Food Security of Bangladesh: Searching for Sustainable Strategies.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 173-191. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_9.

    Devkota, Shree Prasad, and Shiba Bagale. 2024. “A Decade of Armed Conflict and Vulnerability of Children in Nepal: In Search of the Ray of Solution.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 253-268. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_13.

    Majee, Debtanu. 2024. “Theoretical Outline of Human Security.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 13-36. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_2.

    Mohapatra, Anil Kumar. 2024. “Securing the Insecure: An Insight into Human Security in Myanmar.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 193-213. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_10.

    Naha, Alik. 2024. “Challenges to Human Security in Central Asia: The Impact of the Aral Sea Crisis and the COVID-19 Pandemic.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 269-301. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_14.

    Nandy, Debasish, and Debtanu Majee. 2024. “Introduction to Human Security in Asia.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 3-12. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_1.

    Nandy, Debasish. 2024. “Human Security and Livelihood in Afghanistan.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 229-251. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_12.

    Nguyen, Hoai Anh, and Thai-Ha Le. 2024. “State’s Role in Vietnam’s Pharmaceutical Industry: An Approach to Sustainable Development for Human Health Security.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 75-103. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_5.

    Pandit, Santishree Dhulipudi. 2024. “Imaginations and Constructions: Rethinking Human Security.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 37-55. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_3.

    Rabbani, Golam, and Pradip Kumar Panday. 2024. “Security Concerns of Women at Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh: An Analysis from Human Security and State Security Perspective.” In: Human Security in Asia: Interrogating State, Society, and Policy, edited by Debasish Nandy, and Debtanu Majee, 147-171. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3585-7_8.

  • Book Review

    Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2023. XVII, 645 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7

    Svetlana Jilavyan, Magda Arsenyan
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    This book examines the main stages and authoritarian obstacles of NATO enlargement in Central and Eastern Europe after the Cold War, which gradually transformed into a hybrid conflict. In the various chapters of this book, the authors compare the main advantages and disadvantages of NATO enlargement in terms of the results of defending democratization in Central and Eastern Europe. The authors analyze the relationship between NATO enlargement and U.S. foreign policy on democracy and security in Central and Eastern Europe, which are indicators of NATO’s resilience as a political and military intergovernmental organization. The book analyzes the challenges of democratizing political regimes from the perspective of political security, including the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war of 2022.

    References

    Colbourn, Susan. 2023. “NATO as a Political Alliance: Continuities and Legacies in the Enlargement Debates of the 1990s.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 73-96. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_3.

    Czepil, Bartosz, Oksana Krayevska, and Marina Andeva. 2024. “Editorial: Ukraine in the XXI century - the multidimensional challenges for the country and international community.” Eastern Journal of European Studies 15 (Special Issue): 5-13. https://doi.org/10.47743/ejes-2024-SI01.

    Goldgeier, James, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson. 2023. “Evaluating NATO Enlargement: Scholarly Debates, Policy Implications, and Roads not Taken.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 1-42. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_1.

    Krayevska, Oksana. 2020. “Implementation of the EU Horizontal Policies in Ukraine in the Framework of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.” Studia Politologiczne (Political Science Studies) 57: 169-187. https://doi.org/10.33896/SPolit.2020.57.10.

    Lanoszka, Alexander. 2023. “Thank Goodness for NATO Enlargement.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 307-339. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_10.

    Marten, Kimberly. 2023. “NATO Enlargement: Evaluating Its Consequences in Russia.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 209-249. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_7.

    Menon, Rajan, and William Ruger. 2023. “NATO Enlargement and US Grand Strategy: A Net Assessment.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 165-208. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_6.

    Moller, Sara Bjerg. 2023. “Assessing the Consequences of Enlargement for the NATO Military Alliance.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 459-493. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_14.

    Moore, Rebecca R. 2023. “Ukraine’s Bid to Join NATO: Re-evaluating Enlargement in a New Strategic Context.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 373-414. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_12.

    Odgaard, Liselotte. 2023. “China Views NATO: Beijing’s Concerns About Transatlantic Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 283-302. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_9.

    Poast, Paul, and Alexandra Chinchilla. 2023. “Good for Democracy? Evidence from the 2004 NATO Expansion.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 341-371. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_11.

    Sayle, Timothy Andrews. 2023. “Patterns of Continuity in NATO’s Long History.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 47-72. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_2.

    Shifrinson, Joshua R. Itzkowitz. 2023. “The NATO Enlargement Consensus and US Foreign Policy: Origins and Consequences.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 97-144. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_4.

    Sushentsov, Andrey A., and William C. Wohlforth. 2023. “The Tragedy of US-Russian Relations: NATO Centrality and the Revisionists’ spiral.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 251-282. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_8.

    Townsend, James J. 2023. “In Peace and War: The Military Implications of NATO Enlargement.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 495-530. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_15.

    van Hooft, Paul. 2023. “Every Which Way But Loose: The United States, NATO Enlargement, European Strategic Autonomy and Fragmentation.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 415-453. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_13.

    von Hlatky, Stéfanie, and Michel Fortmann. 2023. “NATO Enlargement and the Failure of the Cooperative Security Mindset.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 531-561. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_16.

    Zubok, Vladislav M. 2023. “Myths and Realities of Putinism and NATO Expansion.” In: Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War, edited by James Goldgeier, and Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, 145-159. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23364-7_5.