Global Security Reimagined: A Multi-Disciplinary Exploration

This edited monograph examines global security through a range of multidisciplinary perspectives. While issues such as great power politics, border security, cybersecurity, energy security, and terrorism often dominate academic, political, economic, and media discussions, this book underscores the importance of a holistic and multi-level approach to security. By adopting a broad analytical lens, it aims to provide a more comprehensive understanding of contemporary security challenges. The book explores diverse perspectives, including ontological security, early childhood intervention, migration, cyber peace, autonomous weapons, and emerging technologies. It also critically engages with security from feminist and multicultural viewpoints. Rather than offering definitive answers, this collection raises fundamental questions about the complexities of local and global security in all its forms. 

The contributors primarily consist of RMIT University researchers from the School of Global, Urban, and Social Studies (GUSS), representing a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including Anthropology, Political Science, Social Work, and International Studies. 

Global Security Reimagined: A Multi-Disciplinary Exploration is designed for academics, researchers, and policymakers seeking to expand their understanding of security. It also serves as a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, offering critical and holistic insights into (in)security from diverse cross-disciplinary perspectives. 

Dr. Tuba Boz is a lecturer in the Social Work and Human Services Program at the School of Global, Urban, and Social Studies, RMIT University. She co-leads the Migration, Mobility, and Security Research Network at RMIT University. 

Professor Hariz Halilovich, an award-winning anthropologist and author, is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Professor of Global Studies at the School of Global, Urban, and Social Studies, RMIT University. 

Professor Aiden Warren is a Fulbright Scholar and Professor of International Relations at the School of Global, Urban, and Social Studies, RMIT University. He is the Editor of Global Security in an Age of Crisis (Edinburgh University Press) and Chief Editor of the Palgrave Studies in Global Security book series.