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Prioritization Theory and Defensive Foreign Policy

Systemic Vulnerabilities in International Politics

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Defines specific vulnerability
  • Uses securitization theory to determine the systemic reach of the vulnerability as it influences state behaviour in resources and discourse
  • Presents ways to neutralize the vulnerability, and suggests potential prescriptions to desecuritize common strategies

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introduction

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 1-29
  3. Theoretical Framework

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 31-58
  4. State and Power Vulnerability

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 59-78
  5. Economic Vulnerability

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 79-100
  6. Environmental and Health Vulnerabilities

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 101-125
  7. Political Vulnerabilities and Transnational Threats

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 127-148
  8. Cyber-Vulnerability

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 149-169
  9. Think Weak, Act Weak: A Look into State Mentalities

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 197-219
  10. Conclusions

    • Hanna Samir Kassab
    Pages 221-228
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 229-255

About this book

This book studies systemic vulnerabilities and their impact on states and individual survival. The author theorizes that the structure of the international system is a product of the distribution of capabilities and vulnerabilities across states. States function or behave in terms of these systemic threats. The author examines a number of specific case-studies focusing on military, economic, environmental, political and cyber vulnerabilities, and how different states are impacted by them. Arguing that current attempts to securitize these vulnerabilities through defensive foreign policies are largely failing, the books makes the case for prioritizing economic development and human security. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Political Science at Northern Michigan University, Marquette, USA

    Hanna Samir Kassab

About the author

Hanna Samir Kassab is Visiting Assistant Professor at Northern Michigan University, USA. He is the author of The Power of Emotion in Politics, Philosophy and Ideology (2016) and Weak States in International Relations Theory (2015) as well as co-editor of The Obama Doctrine and the Americas (2016) and Reconceptualizing Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century (2015).

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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