by Lorenzo Rodriguez | Jan 6, 2022 | Essays and Reviews, Security, Think Tanks
Risks, challenges and governance Global Security is an elusive term with several definitions. According to Ken Booth, Global Security Threats can be divided into global existential threats and global emancipatory threats. Global existential threats,...
by Lorenzo Rodriguez | Dec 14, 2021 | Essays and Reviews, International Politics, Security, Think Tanks
Today we live in a world with numerous areas of power and no institutions adapted to address its contemporary security challenges. For instance, China and other countries in the Southeast Asian region argue over the sovereignty of the South China Sea, which is an...
by Lorenzo Rodriguez | Dec 14, 2021 | Essays and Reviews, Human Security, International Politics, Security
The concept of Human Security While the traditional notion aims to defend a nation-state in its territorial integrity through increased military means, human security focuses on the individual. This concept of security is linked to human development, understood not as...
by Lorenzo Rodriguez | Sep 17, 2021 | Climate, Systemic Change
Climate change is the major long-term global issue for the next decades. The August 2021 IPCC report from Working Group 1, on “The Physical Science Basis”, warns that human influence has warmed climate at an “unprecedented” rate in at least the last 2000 years,...
by Lorenzo Rodriguez | Jul 25, 2021 | Climate, Security
Note: This is a preliminary version that will be updated soon. Historically, peacebuilding efforts have focused on social and economic issues. Environmental peacebuilding incorporates natural resource management into peacebuilding activities. Those strategies seek to...
by Lorenzo Rodriguez | Jul 25, 2021 | Sustainable Development, Uncategorized
Note: This is a preliminary version that will be updated soon. In 2015 The United Nations launched the Sustainable Development Goals as the “2030 Agenda.” It marked the moment when climate change and sustainability action finally rose to the top of the UN priorities....
by Lorenzo Rodriguez | Jul 25, 2021 | Climate, Security, Uncategorized
Note: This is a preliminary version that will be updated soon. Climate Security centers its attention on the “maintenance of the local and the planetary biosphere as the essential support system on which all other human enterprises depend.” Rather than a...
by Lorenzo Rodriguez | Jan 16, 2021 | International Politics, Security, Stats & Researches, Think Tanks
Note: This is a preliminary version that will be updated soon. The 21st century has proved itself as very complicated. As a result, international institutions and national actors struggle to keep up with it globally. The range of threats covers displays of force, such...
Risks, challenges and governance Global Security is an elusive term with several definitions. According to Ken Booth, Global Security Threats can be divided into global existential threats and global emancipatory threats. Global existential threats, notably […]
Today we live in a world with numerous areas of power and no institutions adapted to address its contemporary security challenges. For instance, China and other countries in the Southeast Asian region argue over the sovereignty […]
The concept of Human Security While the traditional notion aims to defend a nation-state in its territorial integrity through increased military means, human security focuses on the individual. This concept of security is linked to human […]
Reviewed Reports: Our Common Agenda: Report of the Secretary General (UN, Sept 2021, 84p) Our Future Agenda: A Vision and Plan for Next and Future Generations (UN, Sept 2021, 54p) Shaping Our Future Together: Listening to People’s […]
The hope for resolving our world’s greatest problems is nested in future generations: in the power of youth and organized youth groups. Since adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security […]