Human Security as Global Security: Reconceptualising Strategic Studies

Author: Pettman Ralph  

Publisher: Routledge Ltd

ISSN: 0955-7571

Source: Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol.18, Iss.1, 2005-04, pp. : 137-150

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Abstract

The article argues that global security should be seen as synonymous with human security, and that strategic studies should be located within that broader rubric. Mounting such an argument means meeting the charge of those who see the broader construction of strategic studies as vague and meaningless, and as detracting from the ability to make good policy. The article attempts, therefore, to map human security in as inclusive and systematic a way as possible. It attempts to show that the concept is neither vague nor meaningless, and is suitable, therefore, to be the basis for a comprehensive account of global security.