Radomir Compel is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the Global School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Nagasaki University. He authored Nagai Shusen [Long End of WWII] (2020), edited and co-authored books including The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity (2019), Guns and Roses: Comparative Civil-Military Relations in the Changing Security Environment (2019), and published articles in Japanese and English on Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Middle East, Europe, and the sea. He obtained PhD from Yokohama National University, and taught at Hosei University, Yokohama National University, Nihon University and other institutions in Japan, and University of Oulu in Finland.

Rosalie Arcala Hall is Full Professor of Political Science and Scientist I at the College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Miagao, Iloilo, Philippines. She completed her PhD in International and Public Affairs (2002) at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA on a Fulbright-Hayes scholarship. She was co-editor and contributor to Water Policy in the Philippines: Issues, Initiatives and Prospect (2018), and published articles in the Philippine Political Science Journal, Asian Security, Korean Journal of Defense Analysis and Asia Pacific Social Science Review on civil-military relations, rebel and female integration in the army, and local security arrangements in conflict zones. She held visiting researcher appointments at Meiji University (Japan), University of Innsbruck (Austria), Loyola University (Chicago, USA), and Australian National University. Currently, she is a member of the Philippine Commission on Higher Education Technical Committee on Political Science, and President of the Philippine Political Science Association.

1. Risks and Threats in Security and Safety Sciences: An Introduction Part I: Perspectives on Risk and Security 2Cybersecurity and the Politics of Data 3 State Sovereignty, Risk and Security When Private Companies Practice Border Control 4. Populist Risks to Pluralist Society: The Radical Right in Europe as a Response to Ethnocultural Diversification Part II: Geopolitical Shift and China Risk 5. China's First Overseas Military Base in Djibouti: Assessing the Objectives, Motivations, Wider Networks and Future Prospects 6. China's Silk Road Economic Belt: Risks and Opportunities for Kazakhstan Part III: International Institutions and Global and Local Risks 7. In Quest of UN System's Accountability for Global Governance on Sustainable Peace, Security and Development 8. Protection of Civilians in Peacekeeping Operations: Concepts, Practices and Outcomes 9. Security Governance with Human Rights Non-Compliant Actors: Who is Responsible for Metagovernance Failure? Part IV: Issues and Responses to Global Risks and Threats 10. Popularity, Public Health and Security: The Convoluted Conundrum of Brazil's COVID-19 Response 11. The Development of IAEA Nuclear Fuel Cycle Multilateralization and Its Implication to the NPT Regime 12. The Effectiveness of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones: Exploring the Latin American Case 13. Securitization of Risks: Conclusion and Ways Forward

Security and Safety in the Era of Global Risks provides a forum for a robust theoretical and policy debate to unlock new perspectives on risk and conflict plaguing humanity today, and explores innovative approaches to address them in a more peaceful, people-centred and sustainable way.