The book deploys the interpretive approach to explore contemporary issues in global security, combining robust theoretical engagement with new empirical research.

1. Interpreting Global Security - Mark Bevir, Oliver Daddow and Ian Hall 2. The Rise of Security Governance - Mark Bevir and Ian Hall 3. An Interplay of Traditions: The 'Return of Uncertainty' and Its Taming in Post-9/11 US Security Thinking - Sabine Selchow 4. Interpreting George W. Bush's Foreign Policy - Daniel Zoughbie 5. From Value Protection to Value Promotion: Interpreting British Security Policy - Oliver Daddow and Jamie Gaskarth 6. Negotiating the Global Security Dilemma: Interpreting Russia's Security Agenda - Aglaya Snetkov 7. Interpreting Missile Defence: A Comparative Study of European Reactions - Jocelyn Mawdsley 8. Framing the Sovereignty-Intervention Dilemma: The Strange Omission of the Genocide Convention - Adrian Gallagher 9. Writing the Threat of Terrorism in Western Europe and the European Union: An Interpretive Approach - Christopher Baker-Beall 10. Security Politics and Public Discourse: A Morgenthauian Approach - Hartmut Behr