Securing Empire - Imperial Cooperation and Competition in the Nineteenth Century

This volume explains how security was crucial to 19th-century Empire, showing how imperial rule was characterised by international competition and cooperation against perceived threats.

About the author

Beatrice de Graaf is Distinguished Professor of the History of International Relations and Global Governance at University of Utrecht, Netherlands. In 2018, she was awarded highest academic distinction in the Netherlands, the Stevin Prize. Her 2020 monograph, Fighting Terror after Napoleon: How Europe became Secure after 1815, was awarded the Arenberg Prize for European History in 2022. She is also the author of The Radical Redemption Model: Terrorist Beliefs and Narratives (2025). She is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Academia Europaea.Ozan Ozavci is Associate Professor of Transimperial History at Utrecht University, Netherlands. He is the author of Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798-1864 (2021) and Intellectual Origins of the Republic: Ahmet Agaoglu and the Genealogy of Liberalism in Turkey (2015).Erik de Lange is Assistant Professor of Transimperial History at Utrecht University, Netherlands, and co-convenor of the Lausanne Project and the Security History Network. His publications include Dangerous Gifts: Imperialism, Security, and Civil Wars in the Levant, 1798-1864 (2021), and Intellectual Origins of the Republic: Ahmet Agaoglu and the Genealogy of Liberalism in Turkey (2015).

Product details

• Assisted by: Beatrice de Graaf (Editor), Erik de Lange (Editor), Beatrice de Graaf (Editor), Erik de Lange (Editor), Ozan Ozavci (Editor), Ozan Ozavci (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 28.05.2026
• EAN: 9781350378551
• ISBN: 978-1-350-37855-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, International Relations, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, Warfare & defence, General and world history, Warfare and defence