Valerie M. Hudson is professor and George H.W. Bush Chair at The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Her research concerns foreign policy analysis, security studies, gender and international relations, and methodology, and her articles have appeared in such journals as International Security, Journal of Peace Research, Political Psychology, and Foreign Policy Analysis. She is the author or editor of several books, including, with Andrea Den Boer, Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population, which won the American Association of Publishers Award for Best Book in Political Science and the Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Best Book in Social Demography. She was named one of Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2009. Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill is professor emeritus of psychology at Brigham Young University and the last director of its Women's Research Institute. She is a fellow in both the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association. Her research focuses on interpersonal violence and peace. She is a coauthor of Peaceabilities: Compelling Stories and Activities That Develop Abilities of Children to Live Peacefully with Others and coeditor of A Chorus for Peace: A Global Anthology of Poetry by Women. Mary Caprioli is associate professor and director of international studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She pioneered a new line of scholarly inquiry between the security of women and the national and international behavior of states and confirmed the link using quantitative methodology. She is an associate editor for Foreign Policy Analysis, an editorial board member for the Peace and Conflict Report, and an advisory board member for the Minorities at Risk Project. She is also a member of the International Group of Experts for the UNSCR 1325 Research Group of the government of Sweden. Chad F. Emmett is an associate professor of geography at Brigham Young University focused on researching the peaceful sharing of space between Israelis and Palestinians, Christians and Muslims, men and women, and other supposedly opposing groups. He is the author of Beyond the Basilica: Christians and Muslims in Nazareth.

Sex and World Peace should be on top of every introductory International Relations reading list. -- Sara E. Davies International Affairs [A] pioneering and readable book... Highly recommended. Choice This is an important, well written, and inf ormative book that will serve a wide audience of graduate and undergraduate students, academics, and policymakers, as well as the interested public. -- Helen M. Kinsella Ethics and International Affairs highly readable and provides a thought-provoking introduction to the reasons why equality between women and men within the family matters for the relations between states and, ultimately, world peace. -- Marijke Breuning Peace and Conflict A landmark book. -- Gloria Steinem Ms. Since violence against females is the normalizer of all other forms of violence, this book is vital, from family life to foreign policy. -- Gloria Steinem T: The New York Times Style Magazine

• List of Maps Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Roots of National and International Relations 2. What Is There to See 3. When We Do See the Global Picture 4. The Heart of the Matter: The Security of Women and the Security of States 5. Wings of National and International Relations 6. Wings of National and International Relations 7. Taking Wing Appendix A. Operationalizations for Data Analysis in Chapter 4 Appendix B. Data Analysis Results for Chapter 4 Notes Contributors Index

Valerie M. Hudson is professor and George H.W. Bush Chair at The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Her research concerns foreign policy analysis, security studies, gender and international relations, and methodology, and her articles have appeared in such journals as International Security, Journal of Peace Research, Political Psychology, and Foreign Policy Analysis. She is the author or editor of several books, including, with Andrea Den Boer, Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population, which won the American Association of Publishers Award for Best Book in Political Science and the Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Best Book in Social Demography. She was named one of Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2009. Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill is professor emeritus of psychology at Brigham Young University and the last director of its Women's Research Institute. She is a fellow in both the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association. Her research focuses on interpersonal violence and peace. She is a coauthor of Peaceabilities: Compelling Stories and Activities That Develop Abilities of Children to Live Peacefully with Others and coeditor of A Chorus for Peace: A Global Anthology of Poetry by Women. Mary Caprioli is associate professor and director of international studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She pioneered a new line of scholarly inquiry between the security of women and the national and international behavior of states and confirmed the link using quantitative methodology. She is an associate editor for Foreign Policy Analysis, an editorial board member for the Peace and Conflict Report, and an advisory board member for the Minorities at Risk Project. She is also a member of the International Group of Experts for the UNSCR 1325 Research Group of the government of Sweden. Chad F. Emmett is an associate professor of geography at Brigham Young University focused on researching the peaceful sharing of space between Israelis and Palestinians, Christians and Muslims, men and women, and other supposedly opposing groups. He is the author of Beyond the Basilica: Christians and Muslims in Nazareth.

Sex and World Peace should be on top of every introductory International Relations reading list. -- Sara E. Davies International Affairs [A] pioneering and readable book... Highly recommended. Choice This is an important, well written, and inf ormative book that will serve a wide audience of graduate and undergraduate students, academics, and policymakers, as well as the interested public. -- Helen M. Kinsella Ethics and International Affairs highly readable and provides a thought-provoking introduction to the reasons why equality between women and men within the family matters for the relations between states and, ultimately, world peace. -- Marijke Breuning Peace and Conflict A landmark book. -- Gloria Steinem Ms. Since violence against females is the normalizer of all other forms of violence, this book is vital, from family life to foreign policy. -- Gloria Steinem T: The New York Times Style Magazine

• List of Maps Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Roots of National and International Relations 2. What Is There to See 3. When We Do See the Global Picture 4. The Heart of the Matter: The Security of Women and the Security of States 5. Wings of National and International Relations 6. Wings of National and International Relations 7. Taking Wing Appendix A. Operationalizations for Data Analysis in Chapter 4 Appendix B. Data Analysis Results for Chapter 4 Notes Contributors Index

Valerie M. Hudson is professor and George H.W. Bush Chair at The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Her research concerns foreign policy analysis, security studies, gender and international relations, and methodology, and her articles have appeared in such journals as International Security, Journal of Peace Research, Political Psychology, and Foreign Policy Analysis. She is the author or editor of several books, including, with Andrea Den Boer, Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population, which won the American Association of Publishers Award for Best Book in Political Science and the Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Best Book in Social Demography. She was named one of Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2009. Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill is professor emeritus of psychology at Brigham Young University and the last director of its Women's Research Institute. She is a fellow in both the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association. Her research focuses on interpersonal violence and peace. She is a coauthor of Peaceabilities: Compelling Stories and Activities That Develop Abilities of Children to Live Peacefully with Others and coeditor of A Chorus for Peace: A Global Anthology of Poetry by Women. Mary Caprioli is associate professor and director of international studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She pioneered a new line of scholarly inquiry between the security of women and the national and international behavior of states and confirmed the link using quantitative methodology. She is an associate editor for Foreign Policy Analysis, an editorial board member for the Peace and Conflict Report, and an advisory board member for the Minorities at Risk Project. She is also a member of the International Group of Experts for the UNSCR 1325 Research Group of the government of Sweden. Chad F. Emmett is an associate professor of geography at Brigham Young University focused on researching the peaceful sharing of space between Israelis and Palestinians, Christians and Muslims, men and women, and other supposedly opposing groups. He is the author of Beyond the Basilica: Christians and Muslims in Nazareth.

Sex and World Peace should be on top of every introductory International Relations reading list. -- Sara E. Davies International Affairs [A] pioneering and readable book... Highly recommended. Choice This is an important, well written, and inf ormative book that will serve a wide audience of graduate and undergraduate students, academics, and policymakers, as well as the interested public. -- Helen M. Kinsella Ethics and International Affairs highly readable and provides a thought-provoking introduction to the reasons why equality between women and men within the family matters for the relations between states and, ultimately, world peace. -- Marijke Breuning Peace and Conflict A landmark book. -- Gloria Steinem Ms. Since violence against females is the normalizer of all other forms of violence, this book is vital, from family life to foreign policy. -- Gloria Steinem T: The New York Times Style Magazine

• List of Maps Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Roots of National and International Relations 2. What Is There to See 3. When We Do See the Global Picture 4. The Heart of the Matter: The Security of Women and the Security of States 5. Wings of National and International Relations 6. Wings of National and International Relations 7. Taking Wing Appendix A. Operationalizations for Data Analysis in Chapter 4 Appendix B. Data Analysis Results for Chapter 4 Notes Contributors Index