Author profile: Liana Small
Identity and Security: PSCs as a Solution and a Dilemma
Private security companies and privatizing security can at first seem to offer solutions to maintaining safety and stability when a state is no longer able to do so. However, the interference of PSCs in state functions ultimately can hinder the development and legitimacy of a state and cause further insecurities within.
Human Security, Development and Biopolitics
Security studies has seen drastic changes since the end of the Cold War. A heightened focus on the individual has brought about the concept of human security and caused a shift from state-centric to a human-centric approaches.
