Averting Disaster – What Type of Global Security Architecture Fits in Today’s World?

The Evolved Security Dynamics of South Asia: Challenges to Pakistan’s Nuclear Threshold

Insight Turkey ◽

10.25253/99.2020223.06 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (Summer 2020) ◽

pp. 75-86

Author(s):

Haris Bilal Malik ◽

Muhammad Abbas Hassan

Keyword(s):

South Asia ◽

Threshold Level ◽

Security Architecture ◽

Unresolved Issue ◽

Muslim Community ◽

Global Security ◽

Security Environment ◽

Military Modernization

The longstanding unresolved issue of Kashmir serves as a nuclear flashpoint between India and Pakistan. Since 2019, the prevalent security environment of the region has dominated the discourse surrounding the regional and global security architecture. India’s policies during the Pulwama-Balakot crisis and the revocation of Kashmir’s constitutional status demonstrate the country’s intentions of dominating the escalation ladder in the region and marginalizing the muslim community of Kashmir. Because of the conventional disparity in South Asia where India is big interms of size, economy and military build-up, Pakistan has been further threatened by India’s aggressive policies and provocative military modernization. Consequently, Pakistan may be compelled to further revisit its nuclear threshold level to overcome India’s aggression.

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Water Diplomacy and Its Strategic Significance for Sustainable Development Goals and Global Security Architecture

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su132413898 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (24) ◽

pp. 13898

Author(s):

Adam Krzymowski

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Case Studies ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Research Question ◽

Future Research ◽

Security Architecture ◽

Global Security ◽

The Face ◽

Development Goals ◽

Water Diplomacy

This article presents new approaches to water diplomacy connected with the United Nations 2030 Agenda. The research question is what is the role and significance of water diplomacy for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global security architecture? The paper is based on the theory of interdependence. To illustrate this concept, the author used several case studies to identify the international security role of water diplomacy in the context of SDGs. The case studies point to the greater likelihood that wars in the twenty-first century will be due to freshwater disputes; water diplomacy should be a crucial instrument for the SDGs implementation. Water diplomacy has the potential to become an effective platform for international cooperation in the face of many current and future global water challenges. Water diplomacy combines preventive and reactive measures, as well as the mediation and implementation of solutions. It is crucial for regional and world security. The results of this paper show future research directions on water diplomacy.

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Part V Global and Regional Security Mechanisms, Ch.55 Interpol—The International Criminal Police Organization

The Oxford Handbook of the International Law of Global Security ◽

10.1093/law/9780198827276.003.0056 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Gless Sabine ◽

Zeitler Helge Elisabeth

Keyword(s):

International Criminal ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Regional Security ◽

Security Architecture ◽

Global Security ◽

Police Organization ◽

Recent Developments ◽

History Of ◽

United Nations System ◽

The Cold War

This chapter studies the role of the International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol, in the global security architecture. The turbulent history of Interpol can be seen in certain geopolitical controversies of the past, most prominently the Nazi takeover during the Second World War and its subsequent loss of significance during the Cold War. It was only after the 9/11 attacks that Interpol’s technical infrastructure and internal organization were overhauled and it was given a broader mandate to actively participate in the fight against terrorism. With an increasingly visible role in the global security architecture, Interpol is now viewed as an important stakeholder, cooperating closely with key players in the United Nations system as well as at regional and national levels, significantly influencing the global approach to fighting terrorism and other serious crimes. The chapter then examines Interpol’s authority to act and the relevant legal framework. It analyses recent developments and contemporary challenges for Interpol, which has risen from an association of police authorities to an international organization, increasingly engaging in activities that influence global security and can infringe on individual liberties and human rights.

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Part V Global and Regional Security Mechanisms, Ch.54 The European Union

The Oxford Handbook of the International Law of Global Security ◽

10.1093/law/9780198827276.003.0055 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nanopoulos Eva

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

International Law ◽

The Other ◽

Regional Security ◽

Security Architecture ◽

Eu Law ◽

The European Union ◽

Global Security ◽

The One ◽

The Eu

This chapter explores the European Union’s relationship and contribution to the international law of global security through the lens of ‘ambivalence’. The reasons for this approach are threefold. First, that relationship oscillates between symbiosis and friction. On the one hand, the European Union (EU) has been gradually integrated into the global security architecture. On the other hand, the EU, as a power bloc and ‘autonomous’ legal community, also provides a source of conflict with, disassociation from, or destabilization of, global security arrangements. Second, the interaction between EU law and global security law, as well as the substantive contribution of the EU to the law of global security, produces mixed results. Finally, the ambivalence of the EU as a ‘global security provider’ has also explanatory value when it comes to contemporary developments and challenges, particularly as they emerge from the EU’s response to the increased ‘questioning’ of the European project and the global liberal order more generally, and that cut across several aspects of global security.

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The August 2008 war: main consequences for Georgia and its conflicts

Nationalities Papers ◽

10.1080/00905992.2012.705270 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 40 (5) ◽

pp. 721-738 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ghia Nodia

Keyword(s):

Security Architecture ◽

Global Security ◽

Political Consequences ◽

Political Dynamics ◽

The World

The purpose of this paper is to take stock of the major political consequences that the August 2008 war had (or did not have) for Georgia: how the war affected Georgia's internal political dynamics and its policies toward its separatist conflicts, its neighbors, and the world. I start by briefly summarizing my views on the nature of and reasons for the war, and on its impact (or the lack thereof) on the global security architecture. These constitute the backdrop against which changes in Georgia can be understood.

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Water as a Weapon of War in the Tigris-Euphrates Basin

Przegląd Strategiczny ◽

10.14746/ps.2019.1.20 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 319-334

Author(s):

Adam Krzymowski

Keyword(s):

International Relations ◽

Research Question ◽

Security Architecture ◽

Global Security ◽

Economic Relations ◽

Constellation Analysis ◽

The Social ◽

The Face ◽

Political Economic ◽

Security Structure

The paper aims to present water as a weapon of war in the Tigris-Euphrates Basin, as well as the role and significance of water for a new architecture of global security. The main goal of the study is to find an answer to the research question of whether water the Tigris-Euphrates Basin will be still a tool for fighting or cooperation as an effective tool for facing strategic challenges. The research hypothesis is that the issue of challenges related to water in the Euphrates River basin will, first of all, follow the social and political-economic relations between Turkey, Iraq and Syria and external factors. The research was conducted using a descriptive-analytical method. Moreover, this research is based on the neorealist theory of international relations, and the concept of international constellation analysis, as well as the theory of neo-institutionalism. Future anarchical global security architecture will lead to a hegemonic system of water relations. Therefore, without international coordination and far-reaching strategy in the face of the emerging anarchic global security structure, stable water cooperation in this region cannot be reached.

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The United Nations and Global Security: The Norm is Mightier than the Sword

Ethics & International Affairs ◽

10.1111/j.1747-7093.1995.tb00170.x ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 37-54 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Michael N. Barnett

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

United Nations ◽

Security Architecture ◽

Global Security ◽

Member States ◽

Cooperative Security ◽

The United Nations ◽

The Cold War ◽

Pragmatic Assessment ◽

Security Affairs

Barnett argues that the United Nations, by operating on the principle of the consent of the parties, can encourage the development of a more stable and cooperative security architecture. The articulation and transmission of norms and the establishment of mechanisms can encourage transparency in interstate and internal matters. After the Cold War some entertained the possibility of increasing United Nations involvement in security affairs and making it a muscular security organization. Such visions, however, outstripped either what the United Nations was immediately capable of accomplishing or what the member states were willing to support. These developments demand a more pragmatic assessment of the United Nations to learn what it can do well, what it cannot do well, and how it can become more effective.

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