This page provides information, and where available hyperlinks, to a variety of documents and papers by CUSA members on Unconventional Security Issues. The page is broken into four main sections:  

Occasional Paper Series

CUSA's occasional paper series presents the often controversial views of the world's leading experts on the challenges of the new security landscape of the 21st century. CUSA will publish a paper in our occasional paper series on unconventional security threats approximately every two months. Please click on the title below to learn more about each paper.

Occasional Paper 1

How Not To Fight Terrorism

Martin van Creveld

Published September 2003

 

Occasional Paper 2

Postmodern Geopolitics in the 21st Century

Timothy W. Luke

Published November 2003

 

Occasional Paper 3

Sharing Information for Homeland Security

Bert B. Tussing, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC(RET)

Published January 2004

 

Books

Richard A. Matthew, Bryan McDonald and Ken Rutherford (eds.). Landmines and Human Security: International Politics and War's Hidden Legacy (Albany: SUNY Press, 2004).

Richard A. Matthew, Stefan Brem and Ken Rutherford (eds.). Reframing the Agenda (New York: Praeger Press, 2003).

Richard A. Matthew. Dichotomy of Power: Nation Versus State in World Politics. Lexington Books, 2002.

Richard A. Matthew, Mark Halle and Jason Switzer (eds.). Conserving the Peace: Resources, Livelihoods and Security (Geneva: IISD, 2002).

Richard A. Matthew and Dan Duedney, eds. Contested Grounds: Security and Conflict in the New Environmental Politics (SUNY Press Series in International Environmental Policy and Theory), State University of New York Press, 1999.

Articles and Book Chapters

Matthew, Richard. "Resource Scarcity: Responding to the Security Challenge." International Peace Institute, April 2008.

Matthew, Richard, Bryan McDonald and George Shambaugh. (2008). "Post-9/11 America: Conventional Wisdom Versus Popular Pragmatism." Democracy & Society, Vol. 5 No. 2 (Spring 2008).

Barnett, Jon, Richard A. Matthew and Karen O’Brien. "Global Environmental Change and Human Security." In Brauch, H.G. (ed), Globalization and Environmental Challenges: Reconceptualizing Security in the 21st Century. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace , Vol. 3. Springer, 2008.

Silver, Roxane Cohen and Richard A. Matthew (2008). "Terrorism." In V. N. Parrillo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Problems. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Richard Matthew, "Climate Change and Human Security." in Joseph F. C. DiMento and Pamela M. Doughman (Eds.), "Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren" (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2007).

Richard Matthew and Anne Hammill. "Surviving in a Changing World: Environment, Security and Microfinance." The Green Cross Optimist, Summer 2006.

Richard Matthew and Bishnu Raj Upreti. "Environmental Stress and Demographic Change in Nepal: Underlying Conditions Contributing to a Decade of Insurgency." Environmental Change and Security Project Report 11 (2006).

Matthew, Richard and Bryan McDonald. "Cities Under Siege: Urban Planning and the Threat of Infectious Disease." Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA) Vol. 72 No. 1 (Winter 2006): 109-117.

Richard Matthew and George Shambaugh. "The Limits of Terrorism: A Network Perspective." International Studies Review Vol. 7 No 4 (December 2005).

Richard Matthew and George Shambaugh. "The Pendulum Effect: Explaining Shifts in the Democratic Response to Terrorism." ASAP: Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy Vol. 5 No. 1 (2005).

Richard A. Matthew and Bryan McDonald. "Networks of Threat and Vulnerability: Lessons from Environmental Security Research." Environmental Change and Security Project Report 10 (2004).

Richard A. Matthew, Michael Brklacich and Bryan McDonald. "Analyzing Environment, Conflict and Cooperation," in Understanding Environment, Conflict and Cooperation (United Nations Environment Program and theWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2004).

Mike Brklacich, Richard Matthew, Bryan McDonald and Bishnu Upreti. "Advancing Conflict, Cooperation and Environmental Change - Human Security Research." IHDP Update 03 (2004).

Richard A. Matthew, Ted Gaulin and Bryan McDonald. “The Elusive Quest: Linking Environmental Change and Conflict.” Canadian Journal of Political Science (September 2003).

Richard A. Matthew and Ted Gaulin. 2003. "Time to Sign the Mine Ban Treaty." Issues in Science and Technology Vol. 19 No. 3 (Spring 2003).

Matthew, Richard A. and Ted Gaulin. “The Ecology of Peace.” Peace Review Vol. 14 No. 1 (2002).

Richard A. Matthew and Ted Gaulin. "Conflict or Cooperation? The Social and Political Impacts of Resource Scarcity on Small Island States." Global Environmental Politics Vol. 1 No. 2 (2001).

Richard A. Matthew. "Environmental Stress and Human Security in Northern Pakistan." Environmental Change and Security Project Report 7 (2001).

Richard A. Matthew. "The Environment as a National Security Issue," Journal of Policy History Vol. 12 No. 1 (2000).

Richard A. Matthew. "The Greening of American Foreign Policy." Issues in Science and Technology Vol. 13 No. 1 (2000).

Richard A. Matthew. "Environment and Security in an International Context: Critiquing a Pilot Study from NATO's Committee on the Challenges of a Modern Society." Environmental Change and Security Project Report 6 (2000).

CONFERENCE Presentations

Matthew, Richard, Bryan McDonald and George Shambaugh (2008, March). "Global Change and U.S. Public Opinion: Challenging Common Assumptions about the Impact of Terrorism." Presented at the 49th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, California, March 26th - March 29th, 2008.

Poulin, Michael J. Roxane Cohen Silver, and Scott Blum (2008, March). "How Does Terrorism Affect Policy? The Salience of 9/11, Terrorism Risk Perceptions, and Support for Terrorism-related Policies." Presented at the 49th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, California, March 26th - March 29th, 2008.

Richard Matthew, Heather Goldsworthy, and Bryan McDonald. "Rethinking Environmental Ethics." Presented at the 48th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association from February 28 to March 4, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois.

Richard Matthew and George Shambaugh. "Transnational Networks and U.S. Hegemony." Presented at 47th International Studies Association convention, held March 22-25, 2006, in San Diego, California.

Richard Matthew and Bishnu Raj Upreti. "Environmental Stress, Resource Rights and Violence: Evidence from Nepal." Presented at 47th International Studies Association convention, held March 22-25, 2006, in San Diego, California.

Bryan McDonald, "The Food System and Human Security: Confronting Hunger and Biological Threats in a Time of Global Change." Presented at 47th International Studies Association convention, held March 22-25, 2006, in San Diego, California.

Richard Matthew and Bryan McDonald. "Cities Under Siege: Transnational Threats and Urban Vulnerabilities." Presented at the American Planning Association's 2005 National Planning Conference, San Francisco, California., March 20, 2005.

Richard Matthew and George Shambaugh. "Enduring Concepts, New Ideas, and the Interpretation of Transnational Threats" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 3, 2005.

Richard Matthew. “Environment, Livelihoods and Security.” Presented at the 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, November 19, 2004.

Bryan McDonald. “Security and Social Stability Impacts of Diseases Across Species.” Presented at the 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, November 19, 2004.

Richard Matthew and George Shambaugh. "New Modalities of Power: States, Non-State Actors, and Transnational Threats." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, March 17-20, 2004.

Richard Matthew, Michael Brklacich, and Bryan McDonald. "Global Environmental Change and Human Security: Gaps in Research on Social Vulnerability and Conflict." Presented at the annual meeting of the
International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, March 17-20, 2004.

Bryan McDonald. "From AgBioTech to AgBioTerror: Genetically Modified Food and International Security in the 21st Century." Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, March 17-20, 2004.

Bryan McDonald. "Biotech Food, World Politics and International Security." Presented at the Greening XIII, University of Southern California, January 24, 2004.

Richard Matthew, Michael Brklacich, and Bryan McDonald. "Gaps and Opportunities in Analysis of Environment, Cooperation, and Conflict Linkages." Presented at Conference on Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation: Gaps and Opportunities for Research and Policy Agendas, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC, December 3-5, 2003.

Richard, A. Matthew. "The Transnational Web of Terrorism: From Long Shot to Long Beach." Presented at BTR 2003 Strategy and Ground Truth: Defining the Road Ahead Unified Science & Technology for Reducing Biological Threats & Countering Terrorism. Albuquerque, NM March 19-21, 2003.

World Summit on Sustainable Development

Environment and Security Day - September 3, 2002

The dialogue, Environmental Resources and Social Conflict, September 3 focused on the mismanagement of and inequitable access to environmental resources. Speakers included Mark Halle, the Vice Chair of IUCN's Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), Richard Matthew, University of California, Irvive, Asif Ali Zaidi, IUCN Pakistan, and Art Hanson, International Institute for Sustainable Development.

Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies
Biennial Meeting, July 2002

 
Richard Matthew, Beth Chalecki, Eric Shibuya, Jon Barnett

IUCN's Second World Conservation Congress

"Environment and Security: A New Strategic Role for IUCN," October 5, 2000.

From the IUCN website...

Richard Matthew, Assistant Professor of International and Environmental Politics (far left), University of California at Irvine, examined the linkages between conservation, conflict and vulnerability to disaster. He also gave an overview of the academic debate. Click on the hyperlinks below to listen to RealAudio excerpts of Dr. Matthew's presentation: part one  part two.((RealPlayer is required)

Presentations given by Dr. Mathew at the IUCN Earth Forum 

in Amman, Jordan October 4-11, 2000

"The Relationship between Environment and Security"  Earth Forum, October 4, 2000

"Keynote Address: The Relationship between Environment and Security", IUCN World Congress, October 5, 2000

"Interlinking Crises: Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province" IUCN World Congress, October 5, 2000

Read "Conflict arises around scarce resources" from The Jordan Times, Friday-Saturday, October 6-7, 2000, containing an interview with Dr. Matthew.