Der Band entstand aus Anlaß des 20. Jahrestags der Gründung des "Programme for Strategic and International Security Studies" (PSIS) in Genf. Die Autoren geben einen Überblick über die Risiken und Chancen der Globalisierung für die internationale Sicherheit und analysieren die künftigen Rollen wichtiger europäischer Akteure. Inhalt: I. Globalization and Security: Laurent Goetschel: From Global Threats to Common Values: Challenges of Globalization for International Security (21-38); Thierry Buchs / Anne-Rachel Schehr: Financial Globalization and Policy Making: Issues and Prospects (39-51); Reinhard Drifte: The United States-Japan-China Security Triangle and the Future of East Asian Security (53-65); Davide Orifici: The Concepts of Cooperative Security: A Framework of Analysis for the Western Mediterranean (67-85). II. New Dimensions of Security: Frédéric Grare: Political Islam: The Myth of a Green Peril (89-99); René Haug: New Weapon Technologies: New Challenges (101-117); Wolfgang Danspeckgruber: Subregional Crisis and Potential Lessons for Future Self-Determination Conflicts: The Case of Kosovo (119-135); Fred Tanner: "Faire une Rechute?": Problems with Security after Civil Wars (137-149). III. Europe's Major Players: René Schwok: Is there a Security Dimension in the EU Enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe? (153-162); Theodor H. Winkler: The New NATO: Analysis of a Metamorphosis (163-175); Franz-Josef Meiers: Critical Choices: German Security and Defense Policy at the Crossroads (177-197); Urs Leimbacher: France and Germany: Still the Driving Force? (199-215); David Wartenweiler: The Russian Conundrum: Reflections on a Painful Economic Transition (217-227).