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June 7, 2002
New Security
Challenges: Ten Themes
by David Krieger
The International Network of Engineers and Scientists
for Global Responsibility, in cooperation with Scientists for
Global Responsibility and the University of Bradford Department
of Peace Studies, held a seminar on "New Security Challenges:
Global and Regional Priorities" at Bradford University on
May 23-24, 2002. The following ten themes emerged from the seminar.
1. The new security challenges after
September 11th are also the old security challenges. One major
exception is the greater awareness of the increased vulnerability
of the rich nations to determined terrorists. The vulnerability
itself has not changed in a major way, but the determination
of terrorists to exploit the vulnerability has notched up.
2. It remains critical for the rich nations
to redefine security so that it takes into account the interests
of not only the rich, but also of those at the periphery. Disparity,
poverty, inequity and injustice are fertile breeding grounds
for terrorism. The rich countries should be spending more of
their resources to alleviate these conditions of insecurity rather
than pouring their resources into military solutions.
3. Building the Castle Walls higher is
a security strategy that is bound to fail. The rich cannot build
these walls high enough to protect themselves from suicidal terrorists.
Missile defenses, for example, are no more than a Maginot Line
in the sky that cannot protect against terrorists and will not
provide security against the threats of 21st century terrorism.
Terrorists will simply go under or around the Castle Walls as
the Germans went around the French Maginot Line in World War
II.
4. There is a greater probability that
weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, chemical, biological and
radiological) will be used against the most powerful countries.
The availability of these weapons, due to the continued reliance
on them by the most powerful nations, creates a new "balance
of power" that turns the strength of the powerful against
themselves.
5. There is an increasing sense that
international law is failing due to the strong opposition to
international law solutions being demonstrated by the United
States. At a time when international law and international cooperation
are more needed than ever to achieve greater security, the United
States is failing in its leadership.
6. From a regional perspective, both
Europe and Russia are failing to demonstrate a meaningful restraint
on US actions subverting international law. In this sense, they
are failing in their own leadership and are making themselves
potential accomplices in crime under international law.
7. The international system is not doing
very well in implementing nonviolent methods of conflict resolution.
One reason for this is continued reliance by the most powerful
countries on military solutions to conflict. The United States
alone has raised its military budget by nearly $100 billion since
Bush became president.
8. There is a need to strengthen and
empower international institutions to act even in the light of
uncertainty. Their actions, however, must reasonable and legitimate,
taking into account principles such as right intention, precautionary
principle, last resort, proportionality, consistency and right
authority.
9. There is a critical need to separate
reality from illusion regarding security. The major sources of
media continue to serve power and the status quo and fail to
provide adequate perspective on key issues related to peace and
security.
10. There is a continuing need to activate
public opinion for global and humanitarian interests. This means
that the independent voices for peace, justice, development and
sustainability of civil society organizations are of critical
importance in providing alternative perspectives to those of
governments and the mass media on issues of peace and security.
David Krieger
is president of the Nuclear
Age Peace Foundation and Deputy Chair of the International
Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility.
He can be contacted at dkrieger@napf.org
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