Challenge and Change : Global Threats and the State in Twenty-first Century International Politics / Norma C. Noonan, Vidya Nadkarni, editors.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index.

Introduction : A century of challenges / Norma C. Noonan and Vidya Nadkarni -- The end of the western age? The twenty-first-century challenges for the West / Norma C. Noonan -- A Russian perspective on twenty-first-century challenges / Tatiana Shakleina -- Challenges to interstate security : China and India in the twenty-first century / Vidya Nadkarni -- The economic dimensions of globalization / David Bartlett -- Global challenges in a hyper connected world / Milda K. Hedblom -- Technology and international security / Andrew Smith -- Terrorism in the twenty-first century : challenges and policy conundrum / Dipak K. Gupta -- International norms in the new common spaces : a new challenge in the twenty-first century / Alexey Fenenko -- A final word / Norma C. Noonan and Vidya Nadkarni .

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 against the background of declining US influence and the rising power of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Traditional inter-state security concerns coexist with new security preoccupations, such as rivalries likely to erupt over the resources of the global commons, the threat of cyber warfare, the ever-present threat of terrorism, and the economic and social repercussions of globalization. The contributors explore these key themes and the challenges posed by rapid change. -- Provided by publisher.