The Human Security Doctrine for Europe: A View from Below
Journal
International Peacekeeping
Date Issued
2007
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DOI
10.1080/13533310601150891
Abstract
This article offers a critical perspective on the Human Security Doctrine for Europe both
from a global and regional (Balkan) perspective. Having securitized the human security
concept, the doctrine tries to legitimize a certain global political agenda that is based on
the understanding of human security as a justification for an emerging system of global
governance. Instead of promotion of the EU as a peace project, the doctrine may serve
as one more instance of the ongoing militarization of the Union. One can argue that its
value to recipient countries would be small, while it serves to boost the EU’s ambitions
to become a serious actor in a world dominated by biopolitical rationale. The article
argues that, instead of being a form of foreign and security policy of global actors,
human security should rather be promoted as a form of internal policy focused on
human rights, especially in the socioeconomic sphere in post- or pre-conflict societies.
from a global and regional (Balkan) perspective. Having securitized the human security
concept, the doctrine tries to legitimize a certain global political agenda that is based on
the understanding of human security as a justification for an emerging system of global
governance. Instead of promotion of the EU as a peace project, the doctrine may serve
as one more instance of the ongoing militarization of the Union. One can argue that its
value to recipient countries would be small, while it serves to boost the EU’s ambitions
to become a serious actor in a world dominated by biopolitical rationale. The article
argues that, instead of being a form of foreign and security policy of global actors,
human security should rather be promoted as a form of internal policy focused on
human rights, especially in the socioeconomic sphere in post- or pre-conflict societies.
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