POLI 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Security Studies, Security Dilemma, Human Security
11 Apr 2016
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Deining war: coninuaion of poliics by other means, natural phenomenon, part of the society. War expenditure: most of the army expenditure is spent on soldiers. Rise of drone strikes during obamas" mandate, collateral damage. Misplaces believe that advances technology decreases the number of collateral damage. Related to failed states, lack of authority over their territory; disintegraion of the state. Intra state wars, mobilizaion of civilian, civil wars, low-tech weapon ak 47; most produced weapon during the cold war. Army mobilizaion of the ussr in afghanistan, stock pile of ak 47 market developed. Who is the primary subject of security (target) Classical deiniion of security: freedom from threats to core values. Tradiional military security or some new types of security (privacy database, economy, etc. ) Russia fearing the expansion of nato, interfering with the interests of russia. Power of insituions, instead of self-help, to reduce the feeling of insecurity. Non military dimension of security is becoming more important, rethinking the core.
