Bøger i Studies in Security and International Affairs Series serien

Using the perspectives of both childhood studies and critical approaches to international relations, Jana Tabak explores the constructions of child-soldiers as ""children at risk"" and, at the same time, risky children.

Conflict Dynamics presents case studies of six nation-states: Sierra Leone, the Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Peru. In the book, Alethia H. Cook and Marie Olson Lounsbery examine the evolving nature of violence in intrastate conflicts, as well as the governments and groups involved.

Presents essays that explore the long shadow of America's 'War on Terror' discourse. Two decades after the attacks of September 11, 2001, this book calls on us to resist the tyranny of collateral language at a time when the need for such interventions in the public sphere is more urgent than ever.

The critical examination of language must be a central part of any effort to fight imperialism, militarism, demagoguery, racism, sexism, and other structures of injustice. Globalizing Collateral Language examines the discourse surrounding 9/11 and its entrenchment in global politics and culture.

Based on original interview material and findings from fieldwork, Repurposed Rebels follows former rebel soldiers from the time of the Liberian civil war to 2013. These actors have reemerged as ""recycled"" warriors in times of regional wars and crisis and as vigilantes and informal security providers for economic and political purposes.