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64 Contemporary World Politics W hat is Security ? those things that threaten ‘core values’ should be regarded as At its most basic, security implies being of interest in discussions freedom from threats. Human of security. Whose core values existence and the life of a country though? The core values of the are full of threats. Does that country as a whole? The core mean that every single threat valuesofordinarywomenandmen counts as a security threat? Every in the street? Do governments, on Who decides about time a person steps out of his or behalf of citizens, always have the my security? Some her house, there is some degree same notion of core values as the leaders and experts? Can’t I decide what of threat to their existence and ordinary citizen? way of life. Our world would be is my security? saturated with security issues if Furthermore, when we speak of threats to core values, how we took such a broad view of what is threatening. intense should the threats be? Surely there are big and small Those who study security, threats to virtually every value we therefore, generally say that only hold dear. Can all those threats be brought into the understanding of security? Every time another country does something or fails to do something, this may damage the core values of one’s country. Every time a person is robbed in the streets, the security of ordinary people as they live their daily lives is harmed. Yet, we would be paralysed if we took such an extensive view of security: everywhere we looked, the world would be full of dangers. So we are brought to a conclusion: security relates only to extremely dangerous threats— . I threats that could so endanger n core values that those values o would be damaged beyond repair a C if we did not do something to deal g with the situation. a s Having said that, we must r admit that security remains a A © slippery idea. For instance, have Taming Peace societies always had the same Have you heard of ‘peacekeeping force’? Do you think this is paradoxical term? conception of security? It would be surprising if they did because Reprint 2026-27