NEW THREATS AND NEW ACTORS IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY; ED. BY ELKE KRAHMANN

Non-state threats and actors have become key topics in contemporary international security as since the end of the Cold War the notion that the state is the primary unit of interest in international security has increasingly been challenged. Statistics show that today many more people are killed by ethnic conflicts, HIV/AIDS or the proliferation of small arms than by international war. Moreover, non-state actors, such as non-governmental organizations, private military companies and international regimes, are progressively complementing or even replacing states in the provision of security. Suggesting that such developments can be understood as part of a shift from government to governance in international security, this book examines both how private actors have become one of the main sources of insecurity in the contemporary world and how non-state actors play a growing role in combating these threats. Cover -1 Contents 5 Preface 7 Contributors 8 Abstracts 10 Part I: Introduction 13 1 From State to Non-State Actors: The Emergence of Security Governance 14 Part II: Civil War 31 2 The New Conflict Managers: Peacebuilding NGOs and State Agendas 32 3 Humanitarians and Mercenaries: Partners in Security Governance? 53 Part III: Terrorism and Transnational Crime 74 4 Drug Traffickers, Terrorist Networks, and Ill-Fated Government Strategies 75 5 Targeting Money Laundering: Global Approach or Diffusion of Authority? 97 Part IV: HIV/AIDS 114 6 HIV/AIDS: The International Security Dimensions 115 7 NGOs as Security Actors in the Fight against HIV/AIDS? 135 Part V: Small Arms and Light Weapons 157 8 The Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons 158 9 NGOs and the Shaping of the European Controls on Small Arms Exports 180 Part VI: Conclusion 200 10 New Threats and New Actors in Security Governance: Developments, Problems, and Solutions 201 Selected Bibliography 215 Index 225 A 225 B 225 C 225 D 226 E 226 F 226 G 227 H 227 I 227 J 227 K 227 L 227 M 228 N 228 O 229 P 229 R 229 S 230 T 230 U 231 V 232 W 232 Y 232 Z 232 Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 From State to Non-State Actors: The Emergence of Security Governance....Pages 3-19 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 The New Conflict Managers: Peacebuilding NGOs and State Agendas....Pages 23-43 Humanitarians and Mercenaries: Partners in Security Governance?....Pages 45-65 Front Matter....Pages 67-67 Drug Traffickers, Terrorist Networks, and III-Fated Government Strategies....Pages 69-90 Targeting Money Laundering: Global Approach or Diffusion of Authority?....Pages 91-107 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 HIV/AIDS: The International Security Dimensions....Pages 111-130 NGOs as Security Actors in the Fight against HIV/AIDS?....Pages 131-152 Front Matter....Pages 153-153 The Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons....Pages 155-176 NGOs and the Shaping of the European Controls on Small Arms Exports....Pages 177-196 Front Matter....Pages 197-197 New Threats and New Actors in Security Governance: Developments, Problems, and Solutions....Pages 199-212 Back Matter....Pages 213-230 "Statistics show that today many more people are killed by ethnic conflicts, HIV/AIDS, or the proliferation of small arms than by international war. Moreover, non-state actors, such as non-governmental organizations, private military companies, and international regimes, are progressively complementing or even replacing states in the provision of security. Suggesting that such developments can be understood as part of a shift from government to governance in international security, this book examines both how private actors have become one of the main sources of insecurity in the contemporary world and how non-state actors play a growing role in combating these threats."--Jacket