Global Insecurity

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Anthony Burke

   Pages 1-19

3. Conceptualising Global Insecurity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Insecurity and Governance in an Age of Transition

      • Joseph Camilleri

      Pages 23-41

   3. Global Violence and Security from a Gendered Perspective

      • Jacqui True, Maria Tanyag

      Pages 43-63

   4. Post-human Security

      • Erika Cudworth, Stephen Hobden

      Pages 65-81

   5. Security Cosmopolitanism and Global Governance

      • Anthony Burke

      Pages 83-100

4. Global Agendas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Global Ecology, Social Nature, and Governance

      • Simon Dalby

      Pages 103-118

   3. Framing Global Climate Security

      • Mary E. Pettenger

      Pages 119-137

   4. The Women, Peace, and Security Agenda at the United Nations

      • Laura J. Shepherd

      Pages 139-158

   5. Children, Conflict, and Global Governance

      • Katrina Lee-Koo

      Pages 159-174

   6. Global Weapons Proliferation, Disarmament, and Arms Control

      • Marianne Hanson

      Pages 175-193

   7. Challenges Facing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

      • Tanya Ogilvie-White

      Pages 195-214

   8. Restraint and Governance in Cyberspace

      • Greg Austin

      Pages 215-233

   9. Pandemics and Dual-Use Research

      • Rita Parker

      Pages 235-252

   10. Advocating Global Health Security

       • Sara E. Davies

       Pages 253-272

   11. The International Governance of Forced Migration

       • Savitri Taylor

       Pages 273-292

   12. Three Generations of International Human Rights Governance

       • Morten B. Pedersen

       Pages 293-310

   13. The UN Security Council and the Problem of Mass Atrocities

       • Alex J. Bellamy

       Pages 311-324

This innovative volume gathers some of the world’s best scholars to analyse the world’s collective international efforts to address globalised threats through global security governance. Addressing global and planetary forms of insecurity that include nuclear weapons, conventional arms, gender violence, climate change, disease, bio weapons, cyber-conflict, children in conflict, crimes against humanity, and refugees, this timely book critiques how they are addressed by global institutions and regimes, and advocates important conceptual, institutional, and policy reforms. This is an invaluable resource for students, scholars and policymakers in international health, security and development. 

• Global Insecurity
• Global Chaos
• Global Governance
• Global Security
• Global Violence
• Posthuman Security
• Security Cosmopolitanism
• Global Ecology
• Social Nature
• Gender, Peace and Security
• Children and Conflict
• Global Weapons Proliferation
• Disarmament
• Cyberspace
• Global Health
• Biosecurity
• Human Rights
• Forced Migration
• United Nations
• UN Security Council

“Daily we are assaulted by evidence of chaos and disorder threatening to tear apart the very centre of institutionalised global governance, from geopolitical tensions and population displacements to ecological crises and humanitarian atrocities. With existing norms, ethics, state practices and organisational arrangements no longer fit for purpose in addressing increasingly globalised insecurity, there is a compelling need for the creative thinking and innovative solutions offered in this powerful collection of original essays.” (Ramesh Thakur, Director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Australian National University)

• UNSW , Canberra, Australia

  Anthony Burke, Rita Parker

​Anthony Burke is Professor of International and Political studies at UNSW Australia.His books include Ethics and Global Security: A Cosmopolitan Approach (with Katrina Lee Koo and Matt McDonald), Beyond Security, Ethics and Violence: War Against the Other, and as co-editor (with Jonna Nyman), Ethical Security Studies: A New Research Agenda.


Rita Parker is a Visiting Fellow at the UNSW Canberra and former senior policy advisor to Australian Federal and State governments. She specializes in transnational challenges to security and resilience, and her work has been published in Australia, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, and the United States.

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