Where the Evidence Leads

Robert C. Johansen is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame in the Keough School of Global Affairs and Senior Fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.

• ContentsTables FiguresAcknowledgments Introduction: Are Peace and Security Really Possible? Chapter 1: Understanding New Global Realities 1.1: War: Declining Utility 1.2: Non-State Actors: Rising Power 1.3: Non-Military Threats: Increasing Insecurity 1.4: National Military Competition: Growing Vulnerabilities 1.5: Nonviolent Campaigns: Offering Possibilities 1.6: The Rule of Law: Seeking Traction 1.7: Global Governance: Needing Nurture Chapter 2: Conceiving a Security-Enhancing Theory 2.1: Respecting Empirical Reality 2.2: Respecting Human Dignity 2.3: Expanding Peacebuilding Theory 2.4: Recognizing Nationalism's Help and Hindrance 2.5: Cosmopolitanizing Nationalism 2.6: Open Questions Chapter 3: Watching National Policies Fail 3.1: Misaligning Military Power and Security 3.2: Misaligning Economic Assets and Abolition of Poverty 3.3: Misaligning Economic Competition and Cooperation 3.4: Misaligning Environmental Assets and Environmental Needs 3.5: Misaligning the Power of Law and Global Security Chapter 4: Recognizing Structural Breakdown 4.1: Bringing the Tragedy of the Commons 4.2: Forgetting the Reciprocity of Nuremburg 4.3: Missing Opportunities for a "New Era" 4.4: Ignoring Deficiencies of the Nation-State 4.5: Recognizing the Desirability and Impossibility of World Government 4.6: Considering a New System 4.7: Hanging onto Diplomatic Habits 4.8: Considering a Global Grand Strategy Chapter 5: Developing a Security-Enhancing Strategy 5.1: Reducing Fears 5.2: Emphasizing Human Security 5.3: Respecting Reciprocity 5.4: Implementing Equity 5.5: Strengthening Legal Muscles 5.6: Growing Global Governance 5.7: Signs of Hope Chapter 6: Fostering System Change 6.1: Transcending Hyper-Independence 6.2: Enlarging the Security Community 6.3: Delivering More than National Governments 6.4: Disciplining Sovereignty 6.5: Enlivening Peace Chapter 7: Designing Life-Enhancing Architecture 7.1: Strengthening International Law 7.2: Expanding Global Monitoring 7.3: Establishing Multinational Police Enforcement 7.4: Beginning Global Legislative Conversations 7.5: Achieving Economic Well-being for the Poor 7.6: Improving Environmental Health Chapter 8: Building Human Security 8.1: Bolstering U.S. Democracy 8.2: Cosmopolitanizing National Interests Chapter 9: Where the Evidence Leads 9.1: Weighing National Security and Human Security 9.2: Universalizing Respect for Human Dignity 9.3: Finding Empowerment in Human Rights 9.4: Increasing Transnational Cooperation 9.5: Seeking Quality Peace 9.6: Exerting Influence for Human Security 9.7: "Working Toward a World Without War" 9.8: Realizing the Vision EndnotesBibliographyIndex

In this ambitious and masterful study, Johansen advances a set of sweeping principles and strategies for peace-building and security in the twenty-first century.