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The Human Security Agenda: How Middle Power Leadership Defied U.S. Hegemony

The Human Security Agenda: How Middle Power Leadership Defied U.S. Hegemony

Behringer, Ronald M.

Hardcover

Technology & EngineeringGeneral Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 1441131337
ISBN13: 9781441131331
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jul 12 2012
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Middle power states, such as Canada or Denmark, are often thought of as followers of great powers rather than significant actors in global security. Challenging this view, this book highlights how middle powers have in fact showed great leadership by developing a human security agenda that focuses on countering threats to human beings rather than to nation-states.

The work examines how coalitions of middle powers have performed through five case studies: the formation of the Multinational Standby High Readiness Brigade for United Nations Operations (SHIRBRIG), the realization of the Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty, the establishment of the International Criminal Court, the regulation of the legal trade in small arms and light weapons, and the adoption of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle. Furthermore, the book explores how the human security initiatives were shaped by the middle powers' choices of diplomatic strategy, and how they were affected by the reactions of the hegemonic United States.

The Human Security Agenda will appeal to those studying international relations and global security, as well as foreign policy and international organizations.

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