Post by Chirusha de Mel
In my security essay I argued that global security
should be correlated with human security, in order to protect individuals from disease,
hunger, unemployment, crime, social conflict, political repression, and
environmental hazards. While some individuals may disagree, and believe that
global security is inversely proportional to human security. As stated in my essay, there are daily worries
people can have, and it is critical to be aware that there are people in our
state who are dying of hunger, crime, diseases, etc. In order to prevent that
from happening it is important that states should see this as a global issue.
For example, there are more people dying of malnutrition, homicides, and cancer
than the 9/11 terrorist attack. I am not saying terrorists’ attacks are not vital
to protect individuals, but it is equally important to find ways to protect human
security. For example, the number of individuals who die from poverty are much
higher than the people who get killed from terrorists’ attacks. Global security
and human security should mean the “freedom from fear” and the “freedom from
want.” [1]
However, if I were to make changes to my argument, I
would discuss more on security as a speech act. There is a possibility that
security might harm the pursuit of ending world hunger, which means we would
have to get the defense department involved. Security as a speech act suggests
that security expands beyond military sector, and is the, “move that takes politics
beyond established rules of the game.” In Security
and the Smokeless War, Ally Butler defines security issues as those
staged as perceived threats to the survival of a highly valued referent object.
Butler also makes it clear that in order
for a security issue to become an act of securitization, an existential threat
must be recognized through a speech act.
[2]In
sum, I would only add how security is a speech act. After learning about the
different types of security.
I would still
argue that global security should be interconnected with human security. One
can argue that having the right for health care or basic needs would take a
lower priority when the collective lives of people are in danger in the hands
of terrorists. In this sense, global security means providing security for the
people, and not about focusing on human security.
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