This textbook introduces students to the sub-field of critical security studies through a
detailed yet accessible survey of emerging theories and practices. This third edition contains …

This paper explores the question of what drives proxy alignment in war and argues that
current proxy war scholarship needs further thinking to go beyond focusing on the principal …

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has generated innovative
ideas, studies, proposals, reports, documents, declarations, agreements, and conventions. It …

The bilateral relations between the European Union and South Asia can trace back to the
establishment of the European Economic Community (EEC). The relations between these …

In this article, I attempt to theorise the nature of the African multilateral security system. In
doing so, I interrogate the question: how does the emancipatory logic of critical security …

With concerns about food systems growing due to environmental change and the abrupt
disruption of trade relations following the dual crises of the pandemic and the war in …

ABSTRACT Ten years ago, Anthony Burke and I published an edited book: Critical Security
in the Asia-Pacific (Manchester UP, 2007). The book endorsed a broad conceptualisation of …

This chapter emphasises how cross-border river water sharing is a potential flashpoint in
South Asia, especially between India and China. It examines how water has been …

Geographical distance has always been one of the factors affecting relations between
states. This has highlighted the position of neighbors in the foreign policy of countries and …

South Asia as a security zone is full of puzzles. The enigmatic character of South Asia is
comprised its evolving nature, the complex conceptualization of its dominant security …