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040 _aSipr
041 _aeng
100 1 _aBrzoska, Michael
245 1 4 _aThe human security case for rebalancing military expenditure /
_h[electronic resource]
_cMichael Brzoska, Wuyi Omitoogun and Elisabeth Sköns
260 _aSolna :
_bSIPRI,
_c2022
300 _a30 p.
500 _aSIP2223
500 _a"May 2022".
500 _aGlobal military expenditure has reached record levels. At the same time, hundreds of millions of people face non-traditional ‘vital’ risks and threats to their security—threats to their lives, livelihoods and dignity. Accelerating climate change and growing loss of biodiversity add unprecedented urgency to investing in people’s security. The concept of human security, as explained in this paper, emphasizes the security of people without neglecting the security of states and state order. The human security approach stresses the necessity to balance the financial needs from all vital risks and threats, regardless of their cause. It logically leads to a reassessment of spending on the military. It also seriously considers the fear that reducing military expenditure will reduce the security of states, a major barrier to past international initiatives to reduce military expenditure.?As a first step to initiate the rebalancing, this paper proposes three priority fields of activity to free resources from military spending: (a) arms control and disarmament negotiations and agreements; (b) sector-wide security sector reform for conflict prevention; and (c) financial responsibility in military expenditure and arms procurement. These can be taken without impairing the security of states and state order. If successful, these steps would remove barriers to further military expenditure reductions to improve the human condition in an increasingly dangerous Anthropocene.?
538 _aPDF
650 4 _amilitary expenditure
650 4 _asecurity
650 4 _aclimate
650 4 _areductions
700 1 _aOmitoogun, Wuyi
700 1 _aSköns, Elisabeth
710 2 _aSIPRI
852 _hFri e-publikation
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.55163/TMRZ9944
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999 _c80164
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