Global Security and Human Security
An overwhelming array of threats Our planet, its many nations, and its billions of people all face a vast and sometimes overwhelming array of threats, an increasing number of which are existential. These threats include: 1. International trans-border wars (e.g. Iraq/Kuwait 1990- 1991, US/Iraq 2003-...
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| Summary: | An overwhelming array of threats Our planet, its many nations, and its billions of people all face a vast and sometimes overwhelming array of threats, an increasing number of which are existential. These threats include: 1. International trans-border wars (e.g. Iraq/Kuwait 1990- 1991, US/Iraq 2003- present); 2. Internal or civil wars (e.g. the current conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has led to millions of military, guerilla and civilian deaths); 3. Genocide and large-scale human rights abuses (e.g. Darfur); 4. National and international terrorism (e.g. Aum Shinrikyo and the Tokyo subway system in 1995, the Islamist attacks on the transit systems of London and Madrid); 5. Paramilitary groups and crime organizations that can facilitate terrorist strikes (e.g. the IRA, FARC, and right-wing extremist groups in the US); 6. Proliferation of nuclear, radiological, chemical and biological weapons; 7. Pandemic threats due to infectious diseases (e.g. the 1918- 1919 flu pandemic and the current possibility of a H5N1 strain of avian flu pandemic); 8. Other widespread diseases, especially AIDS/HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria; |
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