The Oxford Handbook of the International Law of Global Security

Understanding the global security environment and delivering the necessary governance responses is a central challenge of the 21st century. On a global scale, the central regulatory tool for such responses is public international law. But what is the state, role, and relevance of public international law in today's complex and highly dynamic global security environment? Which concepts of security are anchored in international law? How is the global security environment shaping international law, and how is international law in turn influencing other normative frameworks?

The Oxford Handbook of the International Law of Global Security provides a ground-breaking overview of the relationship between international law and global security. It constitutes a comprehensive and systematic mapping of the various sub-fields of international law dealing with global security challenges, and offers authoritative guidance on key trends and debates around the relationship between public international law and global security governance. This Handbook highlights the central role of public international law in an effective global security architecture and, in doing so, addresses some of the most pressing legal and policy challenges of our time. The Handbook features original contributions by leading scholars and practitioners from a wide range of professional and disciplinary backgrounds, reflecting the fluidity of the concept of global security and the diversity of scholarship in this area.

Introduction, Robin Gei? and Nils Melzer
Part I. International Law and Global Security
1. The Concept of Security in International Law, Nigel White and Auden Davies-Bright
2. The Global Security Agenda: Securitization of Everything?, Hitoshi Nasu
3. The Transformation of Security Concepts: Beyond the State, Ursula Schroeder
4. Transnationalization of Security, Tilmann Altwicker
5. Gendered Security, Gina Heathcote
6. Accidently Insecure, Peter Hough
7. Global Security and Neurophilosophy: Understanding the Human Factor, Nayef Al-Rodhan and Ioana-Maria Puscas
Part II. Predominant Security Challenges and International Law
National and Transnational Security
8. Corruption and Global Security, Cecily Rose
9. Internal Strife and Insurgency, Christian Henderson
10. International Law and State Failure, Rob McLaughlin
11. Terrorism and the Security Council, Helen Duffy and Larissa van den Herik
12. Transnational Organized Crime, Pierre Hauck and Sven Peterke
International Security
13. Aggression, Claus Kre?
14. Armed Conflicts, International Law and Global Security, Jakob Kellenberger
15. Contested Territory, Christopher J Borgen
16. Maritime Security, Douglas Guilfoyle
17. International Disarmament and Arms Control: In the Middle of a Paradigm Shift?, Mirko Sossai
18. Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament under International Law, Masahiko Asada
Human Security
19. Atrocity Crimes and Large-Scale Human Rights Violations, Adama Dieng
20. Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict, Cordula Droege and Helen Durham
21. Human Trafficking and Slavery, Vladislava Stoyanova
22. Institutionalized Inhumanity: From Torture to Assassination, Natasa Mavronicola
23. Migration, Displacement, Security and International Law, Ben Saul
24. States and Non-State Actors and Human Security, Markos Karavias
Economic and Resource Security
25. Energy Security in International Law, Tibisay Morgandi and Jorge E Vi?uales
26. Financial Crises, Jasper Finke
27. Food Security, Hilal Elver
28. Humanitarian Relief in Situations of Armed Conflict, Emanuela-Chiara Gillard and Nathalie Weizmann
29. Water Security, Pierre Thielb?rger
Environmental Security
30. Climate Change and Security, Joyeeta Gupta and Hilmer Bosch
31. International Disaster Law, Arnold N Pronto
32. Pandemics and Other Health Emergencies, J Benton Heath
33. Wild Fauna and Flora Protection, Gus Waschefort
Technological Security
34. Artificial Intelligence and Robotization, Martina Kunz and Se?n ? h?igeartaigh
35. Biosecurity, James Revill and Anna Roessing
36. Cybersecurity and International Law, Michael N Schmitt
37. Outer Space Security, Steven Freeland and Elise Gruttner
Part III. Security Governance Tools
38. National Security, Surveillance and Human Rights, Th?odore Christakis and Katia Bouslimani
39. Peace Diplomacy and Conflict Prevention, Kimberley Trapp and Priya Urs
40. International Courts and Tribunals and Violent Conflict, Christian Tams
41. Criminal Prosecution, Fausto Pocar
42. We Who Are Not as Others: Sanctions and (Global) Security Governance, Antonios Tzanakopoulos
43. United Nations Peacekeeping: A View from the Ground, Benjamin F Kusi
44. Responsibility to Protect and Humanitarian Intervention: From Apology to Utopia and Back Again, Simon Chesterman
45. The Use of Force, Elizabeth Wilmshurst
Part IV. Power Politics, International Law and Global Security
46. China, Congyan Cai
47. Europe, Eleni Methymaki and Asli Ozcelik
48. The Global South and the Law and Governance of Global Security: Towards a Scholarship on the Global Ecology of Insecurities, Alejandro Rodiles
49. India, B.S. Chimni
50. The Russian Federation, Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov
51. The United States, Malcolm Jorgensen
Part V. Global and Regional Security Mechanisms
52. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Southeast Asia's Regional Security, Diane A Desierto
53. The African Union: Security Governance under the African Peace and Security Architecture, Jerusha Asin Owino
54. The European Union, Eva Nanopoulos
55. The International Criminal Police Organization, Sabine Gless and Helge Elisabeth Zeitler
56. Non-Governmental Organizations: Their Relevance and Impact in the International Law of Global Security, Christina Binder
57. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Steven Hill
58. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Thomas Greminger
59. The Role of the United Nations in Shaping Global Security Law, Adam Day and David M Malone