Soft Security Threats & Europe

Graeme P. Herd, Anne Aldis

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780415370219
• eBook ISBN: 9781317983866
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

A new in-depth assessment of 'soft security' threats in Europe and Eurasia. These threats are now posed by many kinds of trafficking and are being responded to with a range of methods.

Experts from around the world are brought together to provide a detailed analysis of the various aspects of trafficking, covering illegal migrants, the black market weapons trade, sex trafficking and drugs. They consider the nature of this threat facing society and the effectiveness of national and international attempts to eradicate it. An assessment of EU responses to 'soft security' and a case study of US Homeland Security deliver the latest developments in this key area.

Is the concept of 'soft security' useful to analysts and policy-makers? Will they be able to manage these sources of insecurity successfully in the future? This work provides likely trends and projections to resolve these pressing questions. This book is a Special Issue of the leading journal European Security.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• The revolution in security affairs: hard and soft security dynamics in the 21st century
• Illegal migration: Ukraine
• Illegal migration: Russia
• Human trafficking: the nadir of an unholy trinity
• Weapons transfers as a soft security issue in Eastern Europe: legal and illicit aspects
• Defending the Fortress? Assessing the European Union's response to trafficking
• The United States, Europe, and Homeland Security: seeing soft security concerns through a counterterrorist lens
• Soft security threats in the new Europe: the case of the Balkan region
• Strengthening "Soft" security: what is to be done?
• Managing soft security threats: current progress and future prospects
• Index