This is a chapter in the second edition of The National Security Enterprise, a book edited by Roger Z.

About the BookOver the past decade, illiberal powers have become emboldened and gained influence within the global arena.

This volume collects 22 articles by Masahiko Aoki, selected from writings published over the course of his 45-year academic career.

Abstract:Why have militarized interventions to curtail violence by drug cartels had wildly divergent results?

Authoritarian governments produce internal assessments of the quality of governance that allow them to identify and address brewing problems before they threaten regime stability.

Some twelve years after the unveiling of the UN Anti-Trafficking Protocol in 2000, most European countries have sound anti-trafficking legislation.

Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that...

Nigeria depends heavily on oil and gas, with hydrocarbon activities providing around 65 percent of total government revenue and 95 percent of export revenues.  While Nigeria supplies some LNG to...

Over the past two decades, Indonesia's coal industry has transformed itself from being an unknown, minor player in Asia's coal markets to the world's largest exporter of steam coal.

Corruption is a human condition and an ancient phenomenon.

The battle for accountability and good governance-and thus sustainable democracy and development-will not be won by foreign actors or pressures.