WEEK 7 - 2

Question 1

new threats to human security

Answer 1

• proliferation of weapons
• population/environmental threats
• ethnic conflict
• terrorism
• pandemics

Question 2

new threats: nuclear weapons

Answer 2

• nuclear weapons proliferation treaty 1970

- nuclear weapons in unstable regions post cold-war

Question 3

non nuclear weapons proliferation

Answer 3

• small arms kills 1000 a day
• arms sold largely to conflicted areas
• small arms trade big business

Question 4

new threats: population

Answer 4

people do 2 things
- consume
- produce waste
threat to security
- produce pollution (air, water)
- climate change

Question 5

new threats: intra state conflict

Answer 5

1946-1990

• frequency of war increase till 1990 then decrease
• proxy fights during Cold War
• end of Cold War: fewer conflicts

Question 6

new threats: terrorism

Answer 6

• non-state actors (networks)
• civilians targeted
• suicide attacks
• cyberterrorism/cyber attacks

Question 7

common threads to new security threats

Answer 7

• human rights violations

- not state to state but trans/sub national (ex. enviro., terror, pandemics)

Question 8

human security solutions

Answer 8

environment - global agreements

intra state - international criminal court

proliferation of weapons - nuclear and small arms agreements

terrorism - multilateral development of states

pandemics - vaccines and coordinated action