Decoding the global security threat of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-35
Author(s):  
Mohd Mizan Aslam
Keyword(s):  
Security Threat ◽  
Global Security

scholarly journals Human security as biosecurity

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Craig Albert ◽  
Amado Baez ◽  
Joshua Rutland
Keyword(s):  
International Security ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Human Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Global Security ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Research within security studies has struggled to determine whether infectious disease (ID) represents an existential threat to national and international security. With the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), it is imperative to reexamine the relationship between ID and global security. This article addresses the specific threat to security from COVID-19, asking, “Is COVID-19 a threat to national and international security?” To investigate this question, this article uses two theoretical approaches: human security and biosecurity. It argues that COVID-19 is a threat to global security by the ontological crisis posed to individuals through human security theory and through high politics, as evidenced by biosecurity. By viewing security threats through the lens of the individual and the state, it becomes clear that ID should be considered an international security threat. This article examines the relevant literature and applies the theoretical framework to a case study analysis focused on the United States.

African Migration as the Search for a Wonderful World: An Emerging Trans-global Security Threat?

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 128-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cyril I. Obi
Keyword(s):  
Social Cost ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Global Security ◽  
Global War On Terror ◽  
African People ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
The World ◽  
African Migration ◽  
Global War ◽  
The Military

Abstract This article critically analyses the framing of African migration in hegemonic global security discourses as a source of transnational threats to developed and stable parts of the world. Such concerns have increased since 9/11 and the inception of the Global War on Terror, and are likely to grow in the wake of the global financial meltdown. It explores the globalization-migration-development nexus as it relates to how Africa has become an object of securitization based more on the manipulation of fear, than on reality. This underscores the point that the perception of “illegal” African migration as a threat to Europe’s southern borders is constructed and deliberately exaggerated for political ends. Thus, the article argues that the barriers designed to reduce or prevent African migration in a ‘borderless world’, have more to do with hegemonic politics, and less to do with any real danger. It also discusses the ramifications of the securitization of Africa is relation to the ways it is feeding into international support for the military and policing capacity of African states. This, in some regards, is taking place at the immense social cost of popularly-rooted democratization, social development and sustainable peace in the continent - thereby increasing the threats facing African people.

scholarly journals Terrorism as a Global Security Threat

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Armin Kržalić ◽  
Nedžad Korajlić
Keyword(s):  
Security Threat ◽  
Global Security

The Integration of Conservation and Security

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosaleen Duffy ◽  
Francis Massé
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Political Ecology ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Conservation Policy ◽  
Wildlife Trade ◽  
Armed Groups ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Global Security ◽  
Illegal Wildlife Trade ◽  
Conservation Authorities

This chapter examines the intersections among violence, security, and the environment. It uses a political ecology lens to analyze the violences that arise from “enforcement-first” approaches in tackling the illegal wildlife trade (IWT) as one aspect of conservation. Growing concern about IWT as a threat to biodiversity and security has led to calls for an urgent response. This has encouraged and facilitated the development of responses that are anchored in law enforcement and militarization. This is in part due to the redefining of IWT as a global security threat because it is deemed as a source of funding for armed groups and involves organized crime networks. The intense focus on the need to tackle IWT has led to shifts in conservation policy, such that anti-poaching operations are often accompanied by considerable levels of violence by conservation authorities.

scholarly journals Obama Links Climate Change to National and Global Security

Eos ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy Showstack
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Global Security ◽  
The U.S

Obama tells new Coast Guard officers that climate change poses a serious security threat to coastal areas and a challenge to the U.S. military.

Managing Threats and Potential Solutions to Mitigating Mass Violence

2021 ◽  
pp. 259-277
Author(s):  
Abel Ebiega Enokela
Keyword(s):  
System Theory ◽  
Ecological System ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Global Security ◽  
Mass Violence ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Lone Wolf ◽  
The World

Terrorism has become a global security threat that requires interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to address. The challenge posed by it is huge and can only be minimized through the collective efforts of stakeholders. Therefore, this study explores mass violence as a global phenomenon with its consequences on security of lives and properties. Terrorism as an act of mass violence hinged on ideological persuasions has become a great challenge in many parts of the world. In addition to surging cases of conventional terrorism, lone wolf terrorism seems to be seeking special research attention, considering its continued prevalence and multifaceted evolvement and peculiarities. Definitional complexity seems to continue to blur the understanding of lone wolf terrorism as authorities differ in their approaches to definitions. However, all definitional positions point to the lethality of lone wolf terrorism. The study systemically applies ecological system theory to provide measures for the mitigation of mass violence with an emphasis on lone wolf terrorism.

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