This textbook examines non-traditional forms of security and expands the notion of security to include non-state actors and non-human actors.

Prologue Part I: Ecosystems and Natural Resources Introduction: Yesterday's Security Debates, Today's Realities Michel Gueldry, Gigi Gokcek and Lui Hebron 1. Climate Change: The Existential Security Threat Multiplier Amy Below 2. Geoengineering: A New and Emerging Security Threat? Michael D. Beevers 3. The Intersecting Dimensions of Water Security Neda A. Zawahri and Erika Weinthal 4. Competition and Cooperation in Energy Security: Dilemmas for National Security and Influence Michael A. Davis and Jonathan Drake Part II: Human Security, Community and Gender Issues 5. The Body Politics of Security: Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Marissa Quie 6. Gender-based Violence: A Threat to Human Security in the Global North and Global South Nicole Gerring 7. Food Security Governance: Lessons from the Global South Erica Resende and Adriana Erthal Abnedur 8. Invisible Foes and Micro-Enemies: Pathogens, Diseases, and Global Health Security Adrienne Formentos and Gigi Gokcek 9. Push, Pull and Politics: The International Migration Issue after the Syrian Civil War, Brexit and Trump Joel R. Campbell Part III: Sub- and Trans-State Actors and Forces: Disruptions and Violence 10. Sub-state Actors' Threats to International Security: Religious Extremists and Terrorist Groups Sharad Joshi 11. Organized Crime and Trafficking: Mapping Out the Threats and Actors to Find Solutions Colin P. Clarke 12. Transnational Organized Crime and Globalization: Godmothers of the Mafia and the Undermining of the Italian State and Society Serena Simoni 13. Emerging Threats in Cyber Space: The Next Domain of Warfare Christian-Marc Lifländer 14. Cyber Threats and Solutions for the Private Sector Daniel Addington and Mike Manrod 15. Threats from STEM Jason Sebastiani, Joe Sanchez and Mike Manrod 16. Risk and Uncertainty in the Global Container Supply Chain Khalid Bachkar and Lui Hebron 17. Steeped in Insecurity? Democracy, Conflict, and the Threat of Populist Security Crister S. Garrett Epilogue