{"product_id":"9783031888601","title":"Securing Our Future A Science-Based Approach to Global Threats","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAdvanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSecuring Our Future\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Science-Based Approach to Global Threats\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOla Dahlman\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Security\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eIn an era marked by escalating global crises—climate change, cyber threats, pandemics, and nuclear weapons proliferation—this book introduces a science-based approach to security and global threats. It underscores the necessity of interdisciplinary science and technology to ensure that decisions and actions are grounded in knowledge. This vision seeks to inspire, promote, and facilitate collaboration across all sectors of global society. Building resilient societies and effectively addressing global threats will require substantial resources. Can we afford to save the Earth? Can we afford not to?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eFour Key Elements:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eA Science-Based Approach to Security and Global Threats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e The book is structured around two key chapters: an opening chapter that outlines this new vision, and a concluding chapter that reflects on how to translate that vision into actionable steps.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eEvolution of Earth and Society:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e A review of the development of our planet leading to modern society, with a discussion on global demography and the economy—critical components of global security and resilience.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eKey Global Communities:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e An introduction to five global communities—states, cities, the business and scientific communities, and civil society. It examines how each can contribute to building security and assesses their vulnerabilities to various threats.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eMajor Human-Created Threats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e A discussion of five large-scale threats created by human activity or arising from human interaction with nature: global warming, natural disasters, biopandemics, nuclear weapons, and cyber threats.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThis book serves as a call for informed, collaborative action to address the pressing global challenges of our time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOla Dahlman studied at Lund University, the Royal Institute of Technology and the Defence Collage in Stockholm, He spent his research career at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOA) as a scientist anda research director working mainly on CTBT verification. Dahlman then served as the 1 director of two FOA Laboratories and finally, for six years, as the deputy director general of FOA. After retiringfrom FOA i spent a year as a visiting scientist at the EU Joint Research Centre at ISPRA, Italy,working on the concept of resilience. Parallel to his work at FOA I served as an expert to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs engaged ininternational negotiations, primarily on a nuclear test ban. He chaired for 15 years the Group ofScientific Experts at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva and for 10 years the CompeCTBTO Working group on verification in Vienna. He chaired the CTBTO InternationalScientific Study project and its conference in 2009, which essentially was a large-scale S\u0026amp;Tprocess. Further, he worked for a short time at the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europein Vienna on Container Security  and also co-chaired a three year Strategic Study onBioterrorism with European and Russian bio-experts. Dahlman has co-authored four books; Detect and Deter: Can Countries Verify the Nuclear Test Ban?Springer 2011, Nuclear Test Ban: Converting Political Visions to Reality Springer, 2009, Container Security. A Proposal for a Comprehensive Code of Conduct. National Defense University FortMcNair Washington, 2005, and Monitoring Underground Nuclear Explosions, Elsevier, 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 May 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783031888601\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e235\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51030624403596,"sku":"9783031888601","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031888601.jpg?v=1782479717","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031888601","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}