Ch. 1 Security Redefined:

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Ch. 1 Security Redefined

• Sec. 4 The Impact of the War on Terrorism
• Sec. 5 Principles for a More Secure World

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9/11 triggered War on Terrorism

• Problematic because
• Unlimited scope
• Unlimited duration
• Focus on narrow security challenge
• Strong reliance on military
• Extremist groups are not easy targets
• Doesnt address roots of extremism

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May perpetuate cycle of violence

• Undermined international cooperation
• Weakened human rights laws
• Taking resources away from basic issues
• Response of Europe has been ambiguous

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Some other countries

• (I.e. China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Israel,
  Philippines, Russia)
• Strike opponents with impunity
• Heavy handed actions
• Human rights violations
• Human rights and humanitarian laws are under
  greater threat worldwide than at any time since
  the UN was founded

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The Iraq occupation has opened a Pandoras box
of violence and chaos (p. 15)

• Security is absorbing reconstruction money
• Accelerated the radicalization of the population
• New recruiting ground for extremists

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Iraq war Afghanistan

• Drains money from disarmament reconstruction of
  Afghanistan
• Makes A. available to warlords
• Fertile ground for drug trade
• Afg. receives 1 for every 30 going to Iraq

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In terms of global security

• Ignoring
• Poverty
• Education
• Health epidemics
• Environmental degradation
• all the root causes of insecurity
• Spending money on military

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Could spend money on

• Clean water sewage systems
• World hunger
• Prevent soil erosion
• Reproductive health care
• Illiteracy
• Immunizations
• HIV/AIDS program malaria
• 1/2 the money of the war in Iraq

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Aid to developing countries

• Declined during the 1990s
• Spend money on armed forces
• It is the dimming of hope for a better future
  that helps fuel extremism and makes it easier for
  agitators to recruit

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Section 5 Principles for a More Secure World

• 3 CORE PRINCIPLES
• Must persuade policymakers to change their ideas

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1--Strengthen civilian institutions

• Address the roots of insecurity
• Link environment, health, poverty, migration
• Careful dont promote adversarial thinking
  (promote cooperation)

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2--New security must be preventative

• Security / prevent violence
• Cant only address symptoms
• Band-aid measures dont work long-term
• Disaster relief
• Emergency relief
• Refugee support resettlement

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3--New security must be integrative

• Bring together broad range of experts
• Political science
• Economics
• Sociology
• History
• Public health
• Etc.

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Development ltgtPeace(still part of 3)

• Lack of development --gtinsecurity
• Development requires
• Peace stability
• Sustainability
• Equity
• Not just maximizing economic growth

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Cooperation?

• Imbalanced government institutions
• Political attention
• Money

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Humanitarian Intervention

• Failed states cant protect citizens
• Who can intervene? How?
• Must be to protect population, not defeat
  government
• Unfortunately sometimes only done if will advance
  powerful countrys agenda conquest
  masquerading as humanitarian action

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Interventions problems

• Fails principle 2 (prevention)
• Addresses symptoms, not reasons
• May stop violence but overlooks death misery
  caused by poverty environmental breakdown