Security and International Law

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Of the many challenges that society faces today, possibly none is more acute than the security of ordinary citizens when faced with a variety of natural or man-made disasters arising from climate and geological catastrophes, including the depletion of natural resources, environmental degradation, food shortages, terrorism, breaches of personal security and human security, or even the global economic crisis. States continue to be faced with a range of security issues arising from contested territorial spaces, military and maritime security and security threats relating to energy, infrastructure and the delivery of essential services. The theme of the book encompasses issues of human, political, military, socio-economic, environmental and energy security and raises two main questions. To what extent can international law address the types of natural and man-made security risks and challenges that threaten our livelihood, or very existence, in the twenty-first century? Where does international law fall short in meeting the problems that arise in different situations of insecurity and how should such shortcomings be addressed? Volume 58 in the series Studies in International Law Foreword Preface Contents Abbreviations Contributors Introduction Part I: Conceptions of Securityand International Law 1.
Security Agendas and International Law: The Case of New Technologies I.
Introduction II. The Proliferation of Security Agendas III. Security Communities and the Achievement
of Agreements IV. The UN as a Security Community on New Technologies V. Drones, International Law and the UN VI. Conclusion 2. Human Security and International Law: The Potential Scope for Legal Development within the Analytical Framework of Security I. Introduction II. Locating Human Security within the Analytical Framework of Security III. Shifting the Focus IV. Expanding Security Agendas V. Extending the Means to Address Security Threats VI. Conclusion 3. Human Security versus Environmental Security: At Legal Loggerheads I. Introduction II. Environmental Exemplars III. Political Problems IV. Fundamental for Food Security V. Harming Health VI. Personal Perils and Condemned Communities VII. Embracing Economics VIII. Finding Common Ground IX. Conclusion 4. Regional Security
and International Law I. Introduction II. The Development of Regional Organisations
as Security Providers III. Regional Security Providers and their Place
within the Legal Framework of the United Nations IV. Military Cooperation between Regional Actors
and the United Nations V. Multilateralism and its Challenges for the Relationship between the United Nations and Regional Actors VI. Conclusion 5. International Criminal
Justice and Security I. Introduction II. Peace v Justice? Or Peace through Justice? III. The Security Council and the ICC:
An Awkward Relationship? IV. Conclusion 6. Security and International Law: The 'Responsibility to Protect' I. Introduction II. The Development of the 'Responsibility
to Protect' Doctrine III. The Concept of '(In)Security' in the Responsibility
to Protect IV. Security and Responsibility: An Alternative Conception V. The Responsibility to Protect and International Law: The Problem with an 'Evolving Norm' VI. Conclusion Part II: Security Threats and International Law 7. International Law and the Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Lessons for International Security and Arms Control I. Introduction II. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime III. Iranian Arguments IV. Article III of the NPT and the Additional Protocol V. The IAEA Board of Governors VI. The Inalienable Right to Peaceful Uses of
Nuclear Energy VII. Conclusion 8. Contemporary Maritime Piracy
as a Threat to International
Peace and Security I. Introduction II. The Current Geography III. An Asymmetrical Threat IV. Piracy's Expandable Reach V. A Multifarious International Criminal Offence VI. The International Response VII. Conclusion 9. Terrorism: A Threat to Security? I. Introduction II. The Foundational Principle III. The State and its Need for Security IV. The Origins in Ethics of Human Rights V. The Consequentialist War against Terrorism VI. Conclusion 10. Abusive Governments as a Threat I. Introduction II. Collective Responses to Governmental Abusiveness III. International Peace and Security and
Territorial Administration IV. Governmental Abusiveness and the (Ir)Relevance
of Democratic Legitimacy V. Conclusion 11. Protecting Security Interests in International Investment Law I. Introduction II. Protecting Security Interests in those BITs
that Contain a 'Security Interest' Exception III. Protecting Security Interests in those BITs that do not Contain an 'Essential Security Interests' Exception IV. Conclusion 12. Securing the Polar Regions Through International Law I. Introduction II. What does 'Security' Mean and How Can
International Law Contribute to it? III. Is International Law Capable of Defining
the Polar Regions? IV. International Regimes Protecting the Polar
Regions: Openness and Transparency V. Conclusion 13. Climate Change as a Threat
to International Security I. Introduction II. Security Implications of Climate Change III. The International Legal Response: Achievements
and Shortcomings of the Climate Change
Negotiations from a Security Perspective IV. The Three Pillars V. The Failures of the International Legal
Response to Climate Change and the
Securitisation of the Problem VI. Politics, Multilateralism and Climate Security:
What Role for International Law? VII. Conclusion 14. Cyber-Threats and International Law I. Introduction II. Cyber-Threats III. The International Law Framework Applicable
to Cyber-Threats IV. Cyber-Attacks and the jus ad bellum V. Conclusion Index