Global Security Concerns

Karl P. Magyar brings together a team of military specialists to look ahead at the security challenges facing the world in the twenty-first century. Drawing on historical experience, the contributors examine which pressures might push nations away from diplomacy and toward force as a means of reaching their goals.

Each topic receives its own background discussion. The authors also point to regions where disputes are most likely to erupt into conflict, and they weigh how realistic it is that each issue could be settled through peaceful means.