Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want is a brief introduction to human security, conflict, and development. The book analyzes such key human security issues as climate change, crimes against humanity, humanitarian intervention, international law, poverty, terrorism, and transnational crime, among others. The authors encourage readers to critically assess emerging threats while evaluating potential mechanisms of deterrence such as conflict resolution, economic development, diplomacy, peacekeeping, international law, and restorative justice. Concise yet comprehensive, Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want is an ideal text for human security courses.

Robert J. Hanlon is Associate Faculty in the School of Humanitarian Studies at Royal Roads University. His research explores the links between corruption and human rights in emerging economies. His work on corporate social responsibility (CSR) has appeared throughout scholarly publications and media. He is a contributing editor for the Anti-Corruption Research Network and an occasional analyst for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He regularly serves as a consultant to major multinational corporations on issues of business and human rights. Hanlon also teaches international politics at Thompson Rivers University.

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Kenneth Christie is Professor in the School of Humanitarian Studies and Head of the Human Security and Peacebuilding program at Royal Roads University. He has taught and conducted research at universities in the U.S., Singapore, South Africa, Norway, and Dubai. Working all over the world has given him a unique perspective on peace, development, and human security. His work focuses on issues of human rights, security, and democratization. He has authored or edited several books, including America's War on Terrorism: the Revival of the Nation State versus Universal Human Rights (Edwin Mellen Press, 2008).

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[...] a unique, valuable, up-to-date work that belongs in most academic libraries, and that could also serve as a textbook for an introductory undergraduate course in human security.

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