Essays on Human Security

A general move to broaden the security agenda occurred during the 1980s by expanding the focus from the security of the state or the nation to an alternative focus on the security of the people, or the global collective. The human security can be affected by economic welfare, environmental concerns, cultural identity, political rights, and military issues. In recent years, environmental degradation is increasingly being considered as a security problem by not just the environmental activists but also the security establishment as they have become more responsive to the idea. In late 1989, the journal of the International Institute ...

The concept of security is ambiguous. Typically, security involves the protection from external military threats or risks to the state from another state, as well as protection against internal military threats from non-state actors. In recent decades the traditional concept of security downlos other concepts that have expanded the nature of possible threats (joined military threats the threat of terrorism, organized crime and diseases, combined with economic, political, social, and environmental risks), respectively, revised the list of threats, in particular for security at the global, national and individual levels. A broader concept of security requires a comprehensive approach to ...

The analysis of the relationship between a state and a country is an essential component to understanding the nature of human security with respect to international relations. The evaluation also assists in contrasting views between state-centric and traditional mechanisms of national security. The traditional approach is a referent of the ability of a nation to protect itself from external threats. Therefore, interests involving sub-national groups and individuals are subordinate to those of the state. National interests help in affirming the “other” as a significant element of understanding the self and foreign aspects. David Campbell in his article Writing Security: ...

Jody Williams is a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Besides that, she is a simple Vermont girl. She has a disabled brother and is a loving, wonderful wife. Her strong character and great strategic skills helped Jody to develop her organizing skills that actually led her to the Nobel Peace Prize (Williams 9). This paper deals with the personality of Jody Williams, her part in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the results of her intense work.

Profession

Jody Williams’ career began with eleven-year working experience aimed at raising the citizens’ awareness of the US policies referring to Central America. ...

Introduction

Over the years, Turkey and Germany have continued to put in place comprehensive measures and policies to curb insecurity. These measures and concepts on security are always developed with an aim to promote cohesive coexistence between states, building confidence in relations among states, enhancing possibilities of diplomacy and agreeing on the use of arms and its limitations, disarmaments and promoting political goodwill and economic security among between the countries. The purpose of this paper is to analyze a policy brief covering Turkey and Germany by comparing the two countries focusing on the different security and other threats. The need ...