Multidimensional Threats and Regional Responses to Caribbean Security

by Wendy C. Grenade, Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith (Foreword by)

Overview

Multidimensional Threats and Regional Responses to Caribbean Security assesses the prevalence and intensity of intersecting security threats such as transnational organized crime, pandemics, and climate change on the state of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The interplay of these various threats can adversely affect small island developing states (SIDS). This book aims to expose the fault lines in Western-centric international relations, which neglects non-military issues, non-state actors, and other security issues affecting SIDS. This volume also explores the efficacy of security regionalism for SIDS, where multiple actors cooperate across different levels and pool sovereignty, resources, and capabilities within legitimate institutional structures in order to prepare for, prevent, and collectively respond to severe security threats. This book argues for a more inclusive global IR that considers the realities of the developing world and a reimagining of security regionalism among CARICOM SIDS.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666918731
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/05/2025
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Wendy C. Grenade is professor and chair of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at St. George's University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Foreword Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction: Intersecting Insecurities: The Imperative for Security Regionalism among SIDS
Chapter 1: Conceptualizing Security and Regionalism
Chapter 2: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM): A Critical Assessment
Chapter 3: Regional Responses to Crime and Violence in the Caribbean
Chapter 4: Confronting COVID-19 in the Caribbean
Chapter 5: Nature’s Terror in the Caribbean: The Imperative for Security Regionalism
Conclusion: The Utility of Security Regionalism among SIDS: The case of CARICOM
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Editorial Reviews

In the book Multidimensional Threats and Regional Responses to Caribbean Security, scholars, and practitioners, would be pleased with Wendy Grenade’s focus on both traditional and non-traditional security threats. Her work builds on the plethora of scholarly and official studies in the field. She demonstrates that Caribbean regional crime cannot be eliminated because of limited budgets or capability. But it can be managed! Her book is an especially important contribution to the genre.

Anthony T. Bryan

ldquo;Wendy Grenade’s book is a call for understanding and action. There has been enduring criticism that CARICOM is ineffective in dealing with the myriad of issues that faces it. Grenade does not shy away from this discourse, but crucially offers new insights. Interweaving several conceptual approaches and rigorous analysis, she advances a more positive account of how the Caribbean, and other regions in the Global South, can fortify their security and enhance the lived realities of their people.rdquo;

Peter Clegg