The Security Dilemma Fear, Cooperation and Trust in World Politics

This major new contribution to the study of international politics provides comprehensive analysis of the concept of "security dilemma," the phrase used to describe mistrust and fear which is often thought to be the inevitable consequence of living in a world of sovereign states. By exploring theory and practice of security dilemma through the prisms of fear, cooperation and trust, it considers whether the security dilemma can be mitgated or even transcended analyzing a wide range of historical and contemporary cases--Publisher's description.