Multidimensional Threats and Regional Responses to Caribbean Security [Hardcover]

Multidimensional Threats and Regional Responses to Caribbean Securityassesses the prevalence and intensity of intersecting security threats such as transnational organized crime, pandemics, and climate change on the state of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The interplay of these various threats can adversely affect small island developing states (SIDS). This book aims to expose the fault lines in Western-centric international relations, which neglects non-military issues, non-state actors, and other security issues affecting SIDS. This volume also explores the efficacy of security regionalism for SIDS, where multiple actors cooperate across different levels and pool sovereignty, resources, and capabilities within legitimate institutional structures in order to prepare for, prevent, and collectively respond to severe security threats. This book argues for a more inclusive global IR that considers the realities of the developing world and a reimagining of security regionalism among CARICOM SIDS.This book assesses the prevalence and intensity of intersecting security threats on the small island developing states of the Caribbean Community and explores the various ideologies and responses that impact Caribbean security.Wendy C. Grenadeis professor and chair of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at St. George's University.

Wendy Grenades book is a call for understanding and action. There has been enduring criticism that CARICOM is ineffective in dealing with the myriad of issues that faces it. Grenade does not shy away from this discourse, but crucially offers new insights. Interweaving several conceptual approaches and rigorous analysis, she advances a more positive account of how the Caribbean, and other regions in the Global South, can fortify their security and enhance the lived realities of their people. Peter Clegg, University of the West of England

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