1st Edition
Human Costs of War 21st Century Human (In)Security from 2003 Iraq to 2022 Ukraine
Foreword
Paul Rogers
Introduction
21st century human (in)security
The human security approach
1. America’s road to the War on Terror
September 11: Did all change on that day?
Afghanistan
Invasion of Iraq, March 2003
Project for the New American Century
Oil and the War on Terror
US world hegemony in decline?
2. The human costs of the War on Terror
The invasion of Afghanistan
The invasion of Iraq
Human security
Post-traumatic stress disorder
International law, casualty recording and human rights
Contextualising death and human suffering
The mainstream/traditional perspective
Towards a human security approach
3. The new Cold War: Putin’s war in Ukraine, 2014–2022
Russia’s war in Ukraine
The politics of the past
What does Putin want? And why did his armies invade Ukraine?
The Izborsky Club (Izborskii klub) – ‘a call from the past’
War damage and casualties
4. War crimes and future wars
War crimes revisited
Recording the casualties
War and ethics: Ukraine’s just war
Remote warfare in Ukraine
International justice
Global security dynamics and their impact
Conclusion: New Cold War of the 21st century and human security
References
Biography
Bulent Gokay is Professor of International Relations at Keele University, UK, and a founding member of Iraq Body Count.
Lily Hamourtziadou is Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Security and Policing at Birmingham City University, UK, and a principal researcher of Iraq Body Count.
