POL 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Humanitarian Intervention, Mercosur, Arms Control

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2103
• Professor: Kevin Mc Millan

Document Summary

Organized rape as tactic of war (bosnia) 5 million deaths/year from diarrhea due to unsanitary water. Who"s ability the states (country, nation) Others states focus threat, use and control of military force interstate war, military. Weakened/failed states: mafia economies, private armies, criminal warlords. Breakdown of public authority; hard to tell soldiers from private fighters; combatants from civilians. * broadening and deepening our idea of security. * there are other dimensions that should be considered when we think about security not just military security and defence. * focus on wider range of potential threats. Acces to resources, finance, markets to ensure wll being. Protection of groups traditional ways, customs, identity. > if any human problem = security issue, then how to identify what truly must be responded to. > down to level of societal security, individual security. > up to level of regional, even global security. Shift away from state humanity world international system region security community.