Monthly Archives: October 2012
Greener Cities: what we can do
Current debates warn of growing food insecurity as global warming and climate change have devastating effects on crops, livestock and even fisheries. Anna Alissa Hitzemann discusses one way to address food insecurity: to help those most affected by price volatility of food become less dependent on the free market
Towards sustainable civilian security in South Sudan
Civilian disarmament campaigns in South Sudan currently attempt to tackle one of the many symptoms of the country’s militarised post-war society. But instead, there is a need for proactive strategy – not reactive operations – towards sustainable civilian security.
Facing up to Global Insecurity: New Frameworks and New Tools
Thinking through the consequences of the changing nature of global security, both in terms of threat assessments and policy responses to those threats (military and non-military), will certainly require new approaches at the broad conceptual level. Ben Zala discusses the “new security reality” in which business-as-usual approaches are of little use.
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