Book contents
- Understanding International Security
- Reviews
- Understanding International Security
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 International Security: The Historical Evolution of a Discipline
- Part I Security in Theory
- Part II The Traditional Security Agenda
- Part III A Wider and Deeper Security Agenda
- 15 Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
- 16 Environmental Security
- 17 Energy Security
- 18 The Global Financial System and Economic Security
- 19 Global Public Health and Security
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- References
18 - The Global Financial System and Economic Security
from Part III - A Wider and Deeper Security Agenda
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Book contents
- Understanding International Security
- Reviews
- Understanding International Security
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 International Security: The Historical Evolution of a Discipline
- Part I Security in Theory
- Part II The Traditional Security Agenda
- Part III A Wider and Deeper Security Agenda
- 15 Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
- 16 Environmental Security
- 17 Energy Security
- 18 The Global Financial System and Economic Security
- 19 Global Public Health and Security
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- References
Summary
To link the economic sphere of international relations to the security sphere of international politics in this chapter, we treat economics as a function of politics and security. While controversial in some circles, this need not be so. Economists, historians, and political scientists have distinct answers to questions concerning the economy. That they differ in scope, interest, and focus should be viewed as alternatives for assessing the empirical world, not mutually exclusive representations of it. This is fundamental to the interdisciplinary approach of International Security. It should be no surprise that the vastness and complexity of the global economic system intersect with realms outside the purview of economics. Security is an arena in which the politics of economic decision-making are felt most intensely.
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- Understanding International SecurityTheory and Practice, pp. 357 - 379Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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