Challenge and Change Global Threats and the State in Twenty-first Ce

This edited volume addresses how the state system, the organizing political institution in world politics, copes with challenges of rapid change, unanticipated crises, and general turmoil in the twenty-first century. These disruptions are occurring agains

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EDITED BY NORMA C. NOONAN AND VIDYA NADKARNI

Challenge and Change

Norma C. Noonan • Vidya Nadkarni Editors

Challenge and Change Global Threats and the State in Twenty-first Century International Politics

Editors Norma C. Noonan Augsburg College Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Vidya Nadkarni University of San Diego San Diego, California, USA

ISBN 978-1-137-49264-7 ISBN 978-1-137-48479-6 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-48479-6

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CONTENTS

1

Introduction: A Century of Challenges Norma C. Noonan and Vidya Nadkarni

Part I The Global Context 2

The End of the Western Age? The Twenty-First-Century Challenges for the West Norma C. Noonan

3

A Russian Perspective on Twenty-First-Century Challenges Tatiana Shakleina

4

Challenges to Interstate Security: China and India in the Twenty-First Century Vidya Nadkarni

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Part II Issues and Challenges

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The Economic Dimensions of Globalization David Bartlett

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Global Challenges in a Hyper Connected World Milda K. Hedblom

143

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Technology and International Security Andrew Smith

165

8

Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Policy Conundrum Dipak K. Gupta

195

International Norms in the New Common Spaces: A New Challenge in the Twenty-First Century Alexey Fenenko

225

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10 A Final Word Norma C. Noonan and Vidya Nadkarni

247

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

253

Bibliography

265

Index

283

NOTES

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CONTRIBUTORS

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EDITORS

Norma C. Noonan the co-editor of this project, is Professor Emerita of Political Science and Leadership Studies at Augsbu