Finance and Security: Global Vulnerabilities, Threats and Responses

The global financial sector is vulnerable to criminal money-launderers, terrorist financiers, and proliferators of weapons of mass destruction, but it also offers instruments to pursue foreign and security policy objectives. Navias assesses the key threats to financial systems and how the public and private sectors are co-operating to contain them. He also considers the uses of finance in support of key sanctions, counter-proliferation, and arms embargo policies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 31 October 2019
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

The global financial sector faces mounting vulnerabilities to criminal money launderers, terrorist financiers, and proliferators of weapons of mass destruction. At the same time, it provides valuable tools for pursuing foreign and security policy objectives. Consequently, finance has become a highly competitive and contentious domain, with individuals and organizations vying to exploit or undermine this critical aspect of state power. In his comprehensive assessment, Navias identifies the primary threats to financial systems and explores how the public and private sectors collaborate to mitigate them. He delves into the intricate characteristics of criminal money laundering and terrorist financing, examining the major multilateral and national regimes dedicated to safeguarding the financial sector against these constantly evolving security challenges. Additionally, he examines the role of finance in supporting key sanctions, counter-proliferation, and arms embargo policies.

Uniquely, Finance and Security offers a security and war studies perspective, providing valuable insights to scholars of security and international relations as well as professionals in the legal, banking, and compliance fields. By examining these financial threats and weapons through a security lens, the book offers a holistic understanding of the complex interplay between finance, security, and international relations.

Weight: 538g
Dimension: 221 x 151 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787381360