This timely project investigates the issues attending port security in the wake of September 11. The work sheds light on the container security threat and the domestic and international initiatives which have emerged in response; it also explores those steps which must still be taken.

Suzette R. Grillot, Associate Director, International Programs Cente, Associate Professor, School of International and Area Studies, University of Oklahoma, USA,
Rebecca J. Cruise, University of Oklahoma, USA with Valerie J. D'Erman, University of Oklahoma, USA.

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Domestic Politics of Freight Security; Chapter 3 Building on the Past: From National Security and Nonproliferation Policy to Containerized Freight Security; Chapter 4 The International Politics of Container Security; Chapter 5 Global Governance and an International Maritime Security Regime; Chapter 6 Balancing National and Economic Security; Chapter 7. "National and Global Efforts to Enhance Containerized Freight Security," Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Vol. 6, No. 1, available at http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/vol6/iss1/51 /; Chapter 8; Conclusion;