Three scholars have launched a new book that examines Caribbean security in an increasingly fragmented world. Titled Managing New Security Threats in the Caribbean, it is the first academic work to touch on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and security threats in the region. It was launched on January 17 at the Office of the Campus Principal.
Managing New Security Threats looks at topics such as migration, human trafficking, gang violence, the COVID-19 response, threats to T&T’s energy security, governance and public sector reform, and many others.
A publication blurb from the new book states, “with a wide-ranging look into some of the ‘new’ security threats facing state and non-state actors today, this book is designed to specifically offer new angles on tackling these threats in the Caribbean region.”
The book is edited by The UWI’s Dr Georgina Chami, lecturer at the Institute of International Relations (IIR); Dr Jerome Teelucksingh, senior lecturer at the History Department; and Dr Marlon Anatol, Senior Fellow at the Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies. It includes several essays by writers under the themes of The Global Security Landscape, Security Threats in the Caribbean, The Intersection of Security and Diplomacy, and the Future Outlook for Security Management in the Caribbean.
“This body of work will inform, advise, and guide. We have but to read it,” said Campus Principal Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine at the launch.
In congratulating the editors, she noted the importance of regionally-driven research and analysis:
“Caribbean researchers know our space best. We are the ones who can view it from a perspective that is up close and personal, while stepping back to analyse it with a researcher’s critical eye.”
She referenced the opening of the 24th Meeting of the CARICOM Council for National Security and Law Enforcement in Trelawny, Jamaica, where that country’s Minister of National Security and Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang said, “Long-term, Caribbean-led thinking is necessary to best chart the way to co-exist in a world that is witnessing new security threats.”
For more information on Managing New Security Threats in the Caribbean, visit SpringerLink at https://link.springer.com/ or go to the link https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-98733-6.
