Praeger Security International Online

Emerging from the domain of international affairs and in response to an increasingly conflict‐ridden world order, the field of security studies examines the question of what it means to be secure within one's own boundaries. While the political and military conditions and consequences of terrorism, homeland safety, war and peace are important components in these studies, other challenges that threaten a state's stability may also include environmental disasters, energy shortages, gender and age discrimination, infectious disease, population movements and transnational crime.

In this evolving area of multidisciplinary research and study, the Praeger Security International Online (PSIO) database, produced...