Militarism and international relations in the 21st century -- Twenty-first century militarism / Martin Shaw -- Challenging cartographies of enmity: empire, war and culture in contemporary militarisation / Simon Dalby -- Militarism, "new wars" and the political economy of development / Nicola Short -- War becomes academic: human terrain, virtuous war and contemporary militarism. an interview with James der Derian / Anna Stavrianakis and Jan Selby -- From Oslo to Gaza: Israel's "enlightened public" and theremilitarization of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Yoav Peled -- From political armies to the "war against crime": the transformation of militarism in Latin America / Dirk Kruijt and Kees Koonings -- The global arms trade and the diffusion of militarism / David Kinsella -- Wilsonians under arms / Andrew J. Bacevich -- The political economy of EU space policy militarization: the case of the global monitoring for environment and security / Iraklis Oikonomou -- Producing men, the nation and commodities:the cultural political economy of militarism in Egypt / Ramy M.K. Aly -- The Chinese military: its political and economic function / Kerry Brown and Claudia Zanardi.