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Kaldor, Mary (2012) Human security. Society and Economy: Journal of the Corvinus University of Budapest, 33 (3). pp. 441-448. ISSN 1588-9726

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Identification Number: 10.1556/SocEc.33.2011.3.1

Abstract

The essay poses the question whether the so-called Arab spring offers the potential to complete the 1989 revolutions. It first discusses what was hoped to be achieved in 1989, and it then argues that the post-1989 arrangements failed to prevent new security challenges from emerging. The Islamist threat came to play the role that the Communist threat had played to the West or the Western threat had played to the East. The essay then turns to the question on what needs to happen if current events are to lead to something better. It argues that there is a need to overcome the legacies of the past and adapt institutions to the global present. The world must move away from nationalist and bloc thinking towards a concept of human security-a concept which came out of the Helsinki Agreements in 1975. The case of the recent intervention in Libya illustrates the need for a human security approach in practice.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://www.akademiai.com/content/119715/?p=fd8d32c...
Additional Information: © 2012 Akadémiai Kiadó
Divisions: International Development
Conflict and Civil Society
Middle East Centre
Subjects: J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
J Political Science > JZ International relations
JEL classification: F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations and International Political Economy > F52 - National Security; Economic Nationalism
Date Deposited: 23 Feb 2012 10:43
Last Modified: 06 Jan 2024 00:54
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/42011

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