Fierke K.M. Critical Approaches to International Security

2nd ed. — Polity Press, 2015. — 320 p.During the Cold War the concept of international security was understood in military terms as the threat or use of force by states. The end of East and West hostilities, however, brought ‘critical’ perspectives to the fore as scholars sought to explain the emergence of new challenges to international stability, such as environmental degradation, immigration and terrorism.