Opinion – Remembering North Korea’s Human Side
Whilst the North Korean government will likely continue to focus on its military capabilities in 2023, life for ordinary people is unlikely to improve significantly.
Review – Conflict of Interest
This podcast provides useful analyses of past and ongoing conflicts but could focus more on non-Islamic societies and non-traditional security issues.
Human Rights and Civilian Harm in Security Cooperation: A Framework of Analysis
Even as the US Government shifts its stated defence priorities toward ‘great power competition’, the era of security partnership, and the emphasis on ‘by, with, and through’ is likely here to stay.
Political Topology in the Anthropocene: Reconsidering Political Space in Light of Covid-19
Humanity seems to be ill-prepared to deal with transnational challenges, whether they concern a virus or the consequences of climate change.
Protecting the Protectors: Strengthening the Security of NGOs in Conflict Zones
Although attacks are reported and denounced, the insecurity which is confronted by NGOs in conflict zones remains an under-researched issue.
Securitizing ‘Bare Life’? Human Security and Coronavirus
Those who stay home may represent a new global ethic borne out of solidarity based on a mutual vulnerability in the face of existential threat: human security without a sovereign.
Right-wing Populism and the Attack on Cooperative International Security
When policies can be framed about the security of the foreigner at the expense of the local or domestic, populists and right-wing opportunists can take advantage.
International Relations and the Human: A Commentary
The International itself came about as an outcome of encounter, a world coming together through relations between the West and the rest of the world.
Interview – Mary Kaldor
Prof. Kaldor explains new wars, discusses the conflict in Syria and the role of civil society, her approach to human security, and subterranean politics in Europe.
The Significance of the ‘Human Security’ Paradigm in International Politics
The topic of human security is multifaceted and demands caution when analysed in different contexts.
