Security Studies

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Security Studies Conflict ResolutionThe
Global Quest for Peace?

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• Global Politics Origins, Currents, Directions

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Big picture ideas to consider

• What is security?
• Why War?
• What are the roots of instability?

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What is Security?
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• UN operations now may involve nothing less
  than the reconstruction of an entire society and
  state. This requires a comprehensive approach,
  over an extended period. Security is
  increasingly understood to involve social,
  economic, environmental, and cultural aspects far
  beyond its traditional military dimension.
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1992

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WASHINGTON, D.C. June 16, 2000 (900 p.m. EDT)
In the nearly five yearsthat I have been
Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister, a shift has
occurredin what it means to be secure. As a
result, the language ofinternational affairs has
begun to change. No longer are we limited
todiscussions of states' rights and national
sovereignty. Protectingcivilians, war-affected
children, the threat of terrorism and of
drugs,open borders and infectious diseases are
now among the integral aspectsof the
dialogue.This shift in language reflects a
change in perception - a recognitionthat the
needs of individuals must be our principal
concern. We arrivedat this point via the broader
realization that there is a changing
worldreality.This recognition has resulted in
the evolution of Canadian foreignpolicy and the
formulation of the many aspects of what we have
termedour human security agenda.
NOTES FOR AN ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE LLOYD
AXWORTHY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS
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• Why War?

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• Individual level of analysis
• State or Group level of analysis
• System level/ structural theory
• This perspective is characterized by the theory
  of hegemony

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• WHAT ARE THE ROOTS OF INSTABILITY?

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Weapons of Mass Destruction
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N. Korea appears ready to escalate nuclear
tensions Rice Last Updated Saturday, October
21, 2006 455 PM ET CBC News U.S. Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice says China's special
envoy to Pyongyang said nothing to her about a
reported North Korean pledge to refrain from
further nuclear tests. South Korean and Japanese
news reports have suggested North Korean leader
Kim Jong-Il indicated in a meeting with Chinese
official Tang Jiaxuan this week that he was
planning no further nuclear tests. But on
Saturday morning, Rice told reporters travelling
with her to Moscow that she had heard nothing to
suggest Kim either apologized for the test or
said that he would never test again. Rice
said she was given a "thorough" briefing from
Tang while visiting Beijing on Friday, but came
away believing Pyongyang is not ready to back
down from its nuclear program. "The North
Koreans, I think, would like to see an escalation
of the tension," Rice said.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shakes
hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a
meeting Friday about the North Korean nuclear
crisis.(Takanori Sekine/Associated Press)
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• Terrorism

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• International Organized Crime

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