Rethinking the “State Security-Human Security” Nexus in the Face of COVID-19
Sirin Duygulu
- pp 109-123
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It is argued that the COVID-19 pandemic created a need to problematize how the authors understand security, especially the contrast between state security and human security, and the need to understand it as a precondition for, and not as an alternative to, state and international security.Abstract:
It is the argument of this chapter that the COVID-19 pandemic created a need to problematize how we understand security, especially the contrast between state security and human security. This chapter argues that the pandemic has illustrated the importance of human security as well as the need to understand it as a precondition for, and not as an alternative to, state and international security. However, the study does not argue that the increased importance of human security translates into the protection of all humans. The crude reality that security is always at someone's and something's expense sustains vulnerabilities within societies. The study acknowledges that the changes in the security implications (both material and perceived) do not necessarily or automatically translate to changes in policies. Institutional resistance to change and general political trends among other factors affect the extent to which policies will evolve in a direction that would better meet the security implications of the pandemic.read more
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