Human Security

Opinion – Remembering North Korea’s Human Side

Gabriela Bernal • Jan 6 2023 • Articles

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

Jemima Ackah-Arthur • Aug 4 2022 • Features

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

Daniel Mahanty • Feb 16 2021 • Articles

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

Maximilian Lakitsch • Jan 5 2021 • Articles

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

Daniela Irrera • Aug 25 2020 • Articles

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

Giorgio Shani • Apr 3 2020 • Articles

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

Matthew LeRiche and Friedrich W. Opitz • Aug 23 2019 • Articles

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

E-International Relations • Jul 21 2017 • Features

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

Aydar Gazizullin • Feb 29 2016 • Essays

The topic of human security is multifaceted and demands caution when analysed in different contexts.

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