This book provides a rigorous theoretical analysis of the evolution of non-state actors within the contemporary global security architecture. Utilising Securitisation Theory, the authors examine how national movements transition from revolutionary origins toward sophisticated diplomatic engagement and international advocacy. Focusing on the Palestinian National Movement as a primary case study, the book traces the shift in political strategy rooted in a hybrid warfare securitization approach and explores how this shapes its identity, goals, and actions. Drawing on extensive empirical research, the book investigates the ideological, political, and historical foundations of the PNM and introduces the Hybrid Warfare Securitization Theory (HWST). It offers an academic exploration of how modern movements navigate the 'security-diplomacy' nexus, thereby making an original contribution to the literature on securitisation and hybrid warfare. It is an essential resource for scholars interested in the intersection of soft power, narrative contestation, and international security, and, in so doing, it also enriches the broader scholarship on the modern Middle East. Providing valuable insights for policymakers, researchers, and readers interested in emerging forms of conflict, counter-terrorism, and the dynamics of conflict, this book deepens our understanding of one of the most enduring and complex political movements of our time.
The Palestinian National Movement: history, historiography, knowledge .-
Securitization Theory from the beginning to hybrid warfare.- Hybrid Warfare
Securitization Theory.- Soviet and Chinese Hybrid Warfare: Ideology,
Practice, and Securitization.- Origins of the Palestinian National Movement.-
The Internationalization of the PNM: 1968-1979.- The Palestinian National
Movement's "Long March" into The American Discourse.- Oslo and the
Legitimization of the PNM as International Diplomatic Actor.- October 7:
Hamas as the Vanguard of the Palestinian Cause.
Dr Dan Diker is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of South Wales (USW) in International Centre for Policing and Security. Dan received his PhD in International Relations and Security Studies from the University of South Wales, Cardiff, UK, under the supervision of Prof Kaunert. He is currently President of the Jerusalem Centre for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA). A specialist in Middle Eastern security and diplomatic strategy, his work examines the intersection of soft power and international security frameworks. He has previously served as a policy analyst and has contributed extensively to scholarly debates on regional stability and non-state actors in the Eastern Mediterranean. He directed the JCPAs Centre for Contemporary Diplomacy, which brought together foreign Ambassadors, Israeli Government ministers and top leaders. Dan served as policy advisor to the 24th Knesset Forum against BDS and Political Warfare, chaired by MK Amichai Shikli. Since 2013, Dan has also served as Research Fellow at the International Institute for Counter Terrorism, IDC Herzliya, where he founded and hosted Counter Terrorism Today on IDC International Radio. Dan earned his MA in Government and Counter Terrorism Policy, Summa Cum Laude, from Reichman University, Herzliya. Dan received a BA Cum Laude from Harvard University.
Prof. Dr Christian Kaunert is Professor of International Security in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland. He is also Professor of Policing and Security, as well as Director of the International Centre for Policing and Security at the University of South Wales. He is a research fellow at Metropolitan University Prague. Previously, he served as Academic Director and Professor at the Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Professor of International Politics, Head of Discipline in Politics, and Director of the European Institute for Security and Justice, a Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence, at the University of Dundee. He was previously Senior Lecturer at the University of Dundee, Marie Curie Senior Research Fellow at the European University Institute Florence, and Senior Lecturer in EU Politics & International Relations, University of Salford. Christian has been invited expert for the European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA), the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the European Parliament, the European Union Institute for Security Studies (an agency of the EU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Over his career, he has been awarded ten prestigious Marie Curie Fellowships, five Jean Monnet Chairs, and, finally, four Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, as well as one Jean Monnet Network of Excellence (EUCTER). Additionally, he was awarded a large Horizon 2020 research grant on Terrorist Radicalisation processes Mindb4Act, and a large Horizon Europe Marie Curie Doctoral Network EUGLOCTER. Prof. Kaunert holds a PhD in International Politics & an MSc in European Politics from the University of Wales Aberystwyth, a BA (Hons) European Business from Dublin City University, ESB Reutlingen and a BA (Hons) Open University.
