Part I: The Rise of China and the Power Struggle in Asia
Chapter 1: Great Power Rivalry and the Politics of Central Asia
John Miglietta
Chapter 2: China’s Geoeconomic Strategy and Sri Lanka’s International Commercial Dispute Resolution Centre
Lorenzo Fiorito
Chapter 3: Implications of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) on South Asia
Rajib Timalsina and Indivar Paudel
Chapter 4: China's Position in the Global Order: Challenging the US Supremacy in the 21st Century
Muamer Hirkić
Part II: The Changing Nature of Warfare and Weaponry
Chapter 5: A Profitable Enterprise: The Emergence of Private Military Companies as Stakeholders in International Security
Ushmayo Bhattacharya
Chapter 6: The New Nuclear Arms Race: Implications for Global Security
Ghazala Yasmin Jalil
Chapter 7: A Perilous Nexus: Military Drones, Power, Risk-Taking
Hafssa Fakher Elabiari
Chapter 8: U.S.-Da Afghanistan Bank Sanctions: An Inelegant Solution to a Self-Imposed Problem
Michael Larrick
Chapter 9: US Withdrawal from Afghanistan and Its Impact on War on Terror and Peace and Stability in South Asia
Aslam Khan
Part III: Sociological Approaches to Conflicts and Security
Chapter 10: Exploring the Organic Regional Security Model (ORSM) to Construct a Transborder Security Integration in the South Asian Region
Iqbal Shailo
Chapter 11: Trauma, Ontological Insecurity, and States Conflictual Behaviours: The Case of Iran and the West
Chapter 12: Socio-Economic Dynamics Fostering Anti-Democratic Regimes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region: Ongoing wars, Contemporary Issues and Humanitarian Crises
Mehmet Babacan
Part IV: Coercion, Culture, and Environment in International Relations
Chapter 13: Coercion in International Affairs: Nature, Forms and Mechanisms: A Theoretical and a Practical Perspective
Jean Yves Ndzana Ndzana
Chapter 14: Does International Relations Theory Fully Understand Culture?
Tamta Tskhovrebadze
Chapter 15: Key Issues of Water Security in International Relations
Adriano Mortada
Part V: Effects of Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic on International Order
Chapter 16: Mask Diplomacy on the New Silk Road: The Implications of COVID-19 Pandemic for China’s Quest for Global leadership
Paulina Kanarek
Chapter 17: The Rise and Fall of Militant Wings in the Wake of COVID-19
Maheen Farhat Raza and Muhammad Ali Raza