Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-281) and index.

Globalization's shadow / Richard Devetak -- Globalization and military force(s) / Graeme Cheeseman -- Cosmopolitanism and military intervention / William Smith and Robert Fine -- Globalization and political violence / Lorraine Elliott -- International legal responses to weapons proliferation / Daniel H. Joyner -- The globalization of violence against refugees / Sharon Pickering -- Old violences, new challenges / Asta Maskaliunaite -- The state, its failure and external intervention in Africa / Paul-Simon Handy and Dunja Speiser -- Post-conflict recovery / Tony Addison -- Antipodal terrorists? / Peter Lentini -- Viva nihilism! / Sian Sullivan.

This volume offers important methodological and multi-disciplinary insights into the study of globalization and political violence, bringing together studies from various disciplines in order to address the precise nature of the relationship between the two.