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Bill McSweeney is a senior research fellow in international peace studies at the Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Within academia he is considered the leading critic of the Copenhagen School of security studies. [1]

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References

  1. Terriff, T. and Croft, S. (2000) Critical Reflections on Security and Change, London: Frank Cass Publishers, p. 85