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Global change and human security challenges
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About ItThe Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier
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Massive inequality and the desperate poverty faced by three billion people make it hard to address a lot of global problems--why does poverty persist?
Contested Grounds (Suny Series in International Environmental Policy and Theory)Contested Grounds (Suny Series in International Environmental Policy and Theory)
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Pioneering overview of glopbal environment change, conflict and security
Bounding Power: Republican Security Theory from the Polis to the Global VillageBounding Power: Republican Security Theory from the Polis to the Global Village by Daniel H. Deudney
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Great theoretical work on global security, with much insight into addressing the challenge of nuclear weapons
Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)
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Useful primer on the threat of climate change
Sex Trafficking: The Global Market in Women and Children (Contemporary Social Issues)Sex Trafficking: The Global Market in Women and Children (Contemporary Social Issues) by Kathryn Farr
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Here is a large sector of the economy--and a great affront to human morality-- that needs to be shut down
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of BalanceThe Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett
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Important study of microbial threats
Inside TerrorismInside Terrorism by Bruce Hoffman
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Classic study of the threat of terrorism
The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of CivilizationThe Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization by Thomas Homer-Dixon
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Excellent overview of global trends threatening humankind
The Ingenuity Gap: Facing the Economic, Environmental, and Other Challenges of an Increasingly Complex and Unpredictable FutureThe Ingenuity Gap: Facing the Economic, Environmental, and Other Challenges of an Increasingly Complex and Unpredictable Future by Thomas Homer-Dixon
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Influential work on the failure to develop or deliver problem-solving innovations to the places where they are needed
Environment, Scarcity, and Violence.Environment, Scarcity, and Violence. by Thomas F. Homer-Dixon
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Key study of resource scarcity and violent conflict
Climate Change 2007: Mitigation of Climate ChangeClimate Change 2007: Mitigation of Climate Change by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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What we have to do to mitigate climate change--and why--excellent study
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science BasisClimate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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The science of climate change, accessible and compelling
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate ChangeField Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert
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Important study of the threat of global climate change
The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear PoorThe Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor by William Langewiesche
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The migration of nuclear weapons from rich states to poor ones to...
Refugees in a Global EraRefugees in a Global Era by Philip Marfleet
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Refugees in the 21st century--unbelievable
Landmines And Human Security: International Politics And War's Hidden Legacy (Suny Series in Global Politics)Landmines And Human Security: International Politics And War's Hidden Legacy (Suny Series in Global Politics)
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Key work on addressing the threat of antipersonnel landmines
Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are Hijacking the Global EconomyIllicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy by Moises Naim
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Nice overview of global crime
Violent EnvironmentsViolent Environments
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Important study placing scarcity-conflict arguments in richer historical contexts
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (P.S.)A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (P.S.) by Samantha Power
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What happened to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which came into force as international law in 1951?
Armies of the Young: Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism (The Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies)Armies of the Young: Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism (The Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies) by David M. Rosen
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Child soldiers--indefensible from any moral vantage
Reframing the Agenda: The Impact of NGO and Middle Power Cooperation in International Security PolicyReframing the Agenda: The Impact of NGO and Middle Power Cooperation in International Security Policy
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Links among middle powers, NGOs and security in addressing small arms, child soldiers and other issues
The Small Arms Trade: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)The Small Arms Trade: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides) by Matthew Schroeder
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Small arms trade--lethal, dirty, hard to manage
Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants KillTerror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill by Jessica Stern
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The psychology of contemporary terrorists
The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern ReviewThe Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review by Nicholas Stern
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One of several attempts to estimate the costs of mitigating and adapating to global climate change
Transnational Threats: Smuggling and Trafficking in Arms, Drugs, and Human LifeTransnational Threats: Smuggling and Trafficking in Arms, Drugs, and Human Life
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Open borders, ruined lives