Author's response

The author responds to a selection of the major challenges and questions raised by his colleagues in this volume: How should the limitations presented by the international arena affect one's priorities in designing foreign policy? What role can be played by nonstate actors in building basic security? What is the role of ideology in explaining violent behavior, and what is the role of Islam in explaining terrorism? Under what circumstances would humanitarian intervention be warranted on a Security First foreign policy? Do the costs of deproliferation outweigh the benefits? Is it fair to ask other countries to deproliferate if we do not do the same? What can be learned from the applications of Security First to cases in Southeast Asia? Keywords: democratization; humanitarian intervention; international relations; Security First