With six new articles covering topics such as terrorism and the internet, prosecuting terrorists, and homeland security, this reader-friendly textbook will inspire students whilst helping them to understand the key material in this field.

Providing students with a complete introduction to the area, with thoroughly-developed pedagogy to both guide those new to the topic and challenge those who are already engaged, this new textbook brings together leaders in the field to cover all key contemporary issues in depth.

Looking at contemporary issues such as drone warfare, state violence, gender and political violence, cyberterrorism, lone-wolf terrorism, and de-radicalization, this book draws on the expertise of members of the Terrorism and Political Violence Association network to provide readers with a fascinating introduction to the area.

Moving from conventional accounts of the society of states to non-state-centric understandings of global politics, this book presents readers with a state-of-the-art overview of international political theory.