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Human Security Explained
Since the end of the Cold War, armed conflicts have increasingly taken place within, and not between, states. National security remains important, but in a world in which war between states is the rare exception, and many more people are killed by their own governments than by foreign armies, the concept of 'human security' has been gaining greater recognition.
Unlike traditional concepts of security, which focus on defending borders from external military threats, human security is concerned with the security of individuals.
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For some proponents
of human security, the key threat is violence; for others the threat
agenda is much broader, embracing hunger, disease and natural disasters.
Largely for pragmatic reasons, the Human Security Report Project has
adopted the narrower concept of human security that focuses on protecting
individuals and communities from violence.
Traditional security policy emphasizes military means for reducing
the risks of war and for prevailing if deterrence fails. Human security’s
proponents, while not eschewing the use of force, have focused to
a much greater degree on non-coercive approaches. These range from
preventive diplomacy, conflict management and post–conflict peacebuilding,
to addressing the root causes of conflict by building state capacity
and promoting equitable economic development.
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