International Security 37:4 (Spring 2013)

International Security publishes essays on all aspects of contemporary security issues. Its articles address traditional topics such as war and peace, as well as more recent dimensions of security, including the growing importance of environmental, demographic, and humanitarian issues, and the rise of global terrorist networks.

Contents for 37:4 (Spring 2013):

EXAMINING CHINA’S FOREIGN POLICY
How New and Assertive Is China’s New Assertiveness?
Alastair Iain Johnston

First Things First: The Pressing Danger of Crisis Instability in U.S.-China Relations
Avery Goldstein


Forced to Be Free? Why Foreign-Imposed Regime Change Rarely Leads to Democratization
Alexander B. Downes and Jonathan Monten

Climate Change and Insecurity: Mapping Vulnerability in Africa
Joshua W. Busby, Todd G. Smith, Kaiba L. White, and Shawn M. Strange

CORRESPONDENCE
Assessing the Synergy Thesis in Iraq
John Hagan, Joshua Kaiser, and Anna Hanson
Jon R. Lindsay and Austin G. Long
Stephen Biddle, Jeffrey A. Friedman, and Jacob N. Shapiro

Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect
Gareth Evans and Ramesh Thakur
Robert A. Pape