The Political Economy of Security (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics series)
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Stephen G. Brooks' 'The Political Economy of Security' provides a systematic empirical and theoretical examination of the complex ways economic factors influence different forms of conflict.
The book assesses sixteen pathways—drawn partly from Adam Smith—through which trade, development, globalization, and other economic forces shape interstate war, terrorism, and civil war.
Brooks synthesizes a vast literature, showing that economic influences are often contingent, sometimes promoting peace and other times spurring conflict, and challenges simplified 'capitalist peace' narratives.
The work offers practical lessons for policymakers on economic statecraft and calls for institutional capacity to manage economic-security trade-offs.
Published in 2026 as part of Princeton Studies in International History and Politics, it is positioned to reshape scholarship at the intersection of political economy and security.
The book assesses sixteen pathways—drawn partly from Adam Smith—through which trade, development, globalization, and other economic forces shape interstate war, terrorism, and civil war.
Brooks synthesizes a vast literature, showing that economic influences are often contingent, sometimes promoting peace and other times spurring conflict, and challenges simplified 'capitalist peace' narratives.
The work offers practical lessons for policymakers on economic statecraft and calls for institutional capacity to manage economic-security trade-offs.
Published in 2026 as part of Princeton Studies in International History and Politics, it is positioned to reshape scholarship at the intersection of political economy and security.
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Stephen G. Brooks, "The Political Economy of Security" (Princeton UP, 2026)
