The prime objective of a state is to improve the quality of life of its citizens. For this, the state formulates a comprehensive set of interdependent policies.
Foreign policy is one such policy formulated to achieve the above objectives by utilizing the foreign relations of a country
Multiple constants & variables determine the foreign policy of a country; This presentation attempts to explain those determinants
Its word version is available on my website mentioned above. You will find many other articles and presentations there
The prime objective of a state is to improve the quality of life of its citizens. For this, the state formulates a comprehensive set of interdependent policies.
Foreign policy is one such policy formulated to achieve the above objectives by utilizing the foreign relations of a country
Multiple constants & variables determine the foreign policy of a country; This presentation attempts to explain those determinants
Its word version is available on my website mentioned above. You will find many other articles and presentations there
Coercive diplomacy is the diplomacy of threats. Rather than relying on negotiation, diplomats will sometimes threaten adverse consequences if a demand is not met. Sometimes this works; at other times, it does not.
Factors that influence the success of coercive diplomacy are similar to the factors that influence the success of other types of threats: the threat must be credible, the adverse consequence must be severe enough that the potential recipient really wants to avoid that outcome, and the demand must be clear and possible to meet. Even when these factors are present however, coercive diplomacy is risky. As with other threats, it tends further damage relationships and lead to a potential backlash against the threat and/or the threatening country later on. Backlash can, at times, be limited if the threat is combined with more integrative or exchange-based approaches. If rewards for compliance are offered in addition to the threat for non-compliance, the chances of success may be greater; also if the threat is seen to be legitimate, the chances of success may also rise.
The slideshow provides a comprehensive overview of the field of international security studies, offering an insight into its theoretical developments, topical issues, political applications and implications.
The slides cover a wide range of theories in the field of security studies (from the security dilemma, Cold War deterrence to the work of Copenhagen school), address a variety of security risks and threats (from conventional war to asymmetric conflicts and terrorism to the ‘new wars’) and referent objects of security (from state to human security). In addition, the new forms of security, namely energy security, cyber-security – are presented.
The Securitization of the Environment in the United States of America: Change...FRANCISCO RUIZ
Securitization Theory has produced a great debate among security scholars. How security issues emerge continues to be a source of disagreement for the two main schools of thought in Securitization: The Copenhagen School and the Paris School. Does an issue become a security threat through speech or through practices? Far from confronting both schools’ logics, I defend that combining them can provide us with valuable information about securitization processes. To prove this, I study the securitization of the environment in the United States, focusing on climate change. First, in the theoretical chapters, I offer a detailed explanation of how the environment is progressively fitting into security studies and securitization theory. Second, in the empirical chapters, I study the securitization of the environment in the US, during the terms of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama. The arguments from the Copenhagen School and the Paris School are illustrated throughout these chapters, constituting the main focus of analysis, speech acts, discursive and non-discursive practices, and audience.
Coercive diplomacy is the diplomacy of threats. Rather than relying on negotiation, diplomats will sometimes threaten adverse consequences if a demand is not met. Sometimes this works; at other times, it does not.
Factors that influence the success of coercive diplomacy are similar to the factors that influence the success of other types of threats: the threat must be credible, the adverse consequence must be severe enough that the potential recipient really wants to avoid that outcome, and the demand must be clear and possible to meet. Even when these factors are present however, coercive diplomacy is risky. As with other threats, it tends further damage relationships and lead to a potential backlash against the threat and/or the threatening country later on. Backlash can, at times, be limited if the threat is combined with more integrative or exchange-based approaches. If rewards for compliance are offered in addition to the threat for non-compliance, the chances of success may be greater; also if the threat is seen to be legitimate, the chances of success may also rise.
The slideshow provides a comprehensive overview of the field of international security studies, offering an insight into its theoretical developments, topical issues, political applications and implications.
The slides cover a wide range of theories in the field of security studies (from the security dilemma, Cold War deterrence to the work of Copenhagen school), address a variety of security risks and threats (from conventional war to asymmetric conflicts and terrorism to the ‘new wars’) and referent objects of security (from state to human security). In addition, the new forms of security, namely energy security, cyber-security – are presented.
The Securitization of the Environment in the United States of America: Change...FRANCISCO RUIZ
Securitization Theory has produced a great debate among security scholars. How security issues emerge continues to be a source of disagreement for the two main schools of thought in Securitization: The Copenhagen School and the Paris School. Does an issue become a security threat through speech or through practices? Far from confronting both schools’ logics, I defend that combining them can provide us with valuable information about securitization processes. To prove this, I study the securitization of the environment in the United States, focusing on climate change. First, in the theoretical chapters, I offer a detailed explanation of how the environment is progressively fitting into security studies and securitization theory. Second, in the empirical chapters, I study the securitization of the environment in the US, during the terms of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama. The arguments from the Copenhagen School and the Paris School are illustrated throughout these chapters, constituting the main focus of analysis, speech acts, discursive and non-discursive practices, and audience.
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BACKGROUND:
Limited health facilities and malnutrition are major problems in the Karakorum Range of Northern Pakistan, often resulting in various human disorders. Since centuries, however, local communities in these areas have developed traditional methods for treating various ailments and local foods capes that can be significant for devising public health and nutritional policies. This study was intended to document the ethnobotanical knowledge of the local peoples in the Tormik Valley, especially in the medical and food domains.
METHODS:
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RESULTS:
Sixty-three plant species, with a predominance of Asteraceae and Fabaceae family members, as well as their detailed folk uses were documented. Forty-three percent of the species were used to treat various diseases, 21 % were consumed as wild fruits and vegetables and 53 % of the species had multipurpose applications. Thymus linearis Benth, Hippophae rhamnoides ssp. turkestanica L. and Convolvulus arvensis L. were found to be the most utilized medicinal plant species, i.e. those with significant RFCi values (0.54, 0.51 and 0.48, respectively). Betula utilis D. Don was the most versatile taxon (seven different ways of utilization); being this species a common and easily accessible subalpine tree and then under anthropogenic pressure, the implementation of concrete strategies aimed at its in-situ and ex-situ conservation is strongly recommended.
CONCLUSION:
The valleys in the Karakorum Mountains in the Northern Pakistan host significant Traditional Knowledge on local food and medicinal plant species, which need to be reconsidered and cautiously re-evaluated by ethnopharmacologists, and public health/nutrition actors. Furthermore, germane trans-disciplinary investigations are suggested to ensure the dynamic conservation of precious local knowledge systems, as well as plant diversity in Pakistani mountain regions.
KEYWORDS:
Ethnobotany; Indigenous knowledge; Karakorum; Medicinal plants; Pakistan
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Virus Spread
Natasha Higdon
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December 3, 2018
Professor David Stribbards
Introduction
There are different virus’ that affect people across the world. It can be noted that the increased development of cities has led to the potential risks as well as challenges based on emerging infectious diseases. They have associated many risk factors with the spread of diseases in the US cities. These factors are housing conditions, people’s movement, etc. that has led to a change or proliferation of insect vectors. Other factors that have led to the spread or outbreak of viruses are poor sanitation and insufficient water supply. This has contributed to the comfortable breeding ground for insects, which carry pathogens and another transmitted infection. This paper presents information about a virus outbreak in US cities and prevalence rates based on age.
Virus Infections
Cities are considered as the perfect hotbed and breeding ground for viruses and the spread of disease as more people move to crowded areas. As the world becomes more urbanized, the more cities will grow or develop; these cities might be kept clean or well maintained. Even though big cities have all the required health care facilities such as a sanitation department, but the moment the population increases the city always outgrows these service. According to the study conducted by Adda, (2016), there is an increased number of people traveling in the US, and this might be the reason for the virus outbreak. The individual cities in the United States have shown different transmission patterns, which are different due to climate variation etc.
Figure 1: Virus Prevalence
The Figure above presents virus spread according to the age. The findings show that people aged less than years are highly affected by the virus as compared to any other age group. This age group has reported a high number of cases in most cities in the US. The ages least affected are between 19 and 30; this group has a lower number of cases in all cities as compared to any other group. People aged 18 years and less has a high prevalence rate of 0.43 while those aged between 19 and 30 had a prevalence rate of 0.154. The findings imply that younger people are highly affected by virus across all cities in the US.
References
Adda, J. (2016). Economic activity and the spread of viral diseases: Evidence from high-frequency data. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131(2), 891-941.
Sustainability 2010, 2, 2626-2651; doi:10.3390/su2082626
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1. The Environmental Security Discourse: Why, How and its Implications Itay Fischhendler Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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4. Securitizing the environment “ We have to prevent further environmental degradation. If we fail these problems will cause terrorism, tension and war” (Clinton, 1994) “ The next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics” (Egyptian Foreign Minister, and later UN Secretary General, Boutrous Ghali) “ The Darfur conflict began as an ecological crisis, arising at least in part from climate change.” (UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, 2007) “ climate change " would challenge US national security in ways that be considered immediately" ( Schwartz and Randall, 2003)
5. The causality between environment and security environment security conflicts scarcity supply demand abundance weak society legitimacy security security conflicts environmental scarcity Environmental threat collective action and trust security peace building
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9. What are we securitizing: Reliable supply Energy security is “reliable and adequate supply at a reasonable price" (Bielecki, 2002) Energy security
10. What are we securitizing: our existence Ecological security Climate security Climate security is "stable climate or maintaining a rate of change below the dangerous levels for human and ecological systems" (Stripple 2002)
11. What are we securitizing: our values Water and food security Food security is access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life (World Bank, 1986)
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22. Our database CSD14 & CSD15 Energy CSD12 & CSD13 Water % of Total Number of Observations % of Total Number of Observations 100.0 159 100.0 150 Parties submitting statements 67.9 108 68.0 102 States submitting statements 32.1 51 32.0 48 Non-state actors submitting statements 100.0 696 100.0 366 Statements 61.8 430 63.7 233 Statements submitted by states 38.2 266 36.3 133 Statements submitted by non-state actors 18.5 130 19.1 70 Statements referencing security 10.6 74 11.2 41 Statements by states referencing security 8.0 56 7.9 29 Statements by non-state actors referencing security
23. CSD 12 &13 - WATER Mentioned Security Did Not Mention Security Did Not Submit a Statement
24. CSD 14 &15 - ENERGY Mentioned Security Did Not Mention Security Did Not Submit a Statement
32. Insecurities expressed, idioms and language used, and recommended strategies Resource at Stake Insecurities Expressed Idioms and Language Used Recommended Strategies Climate Hunger, disease, flooding, migration, biodiversity loss Vulnerability, urgent, catastrophic forecasts, disasters, devastation, destruction, misery Mitigation and adaption finance, emergency disaster response development Energy Economic destabilization, poverty, lack of development Concerns, undermining, terrorism Trade liberalization, financial support, military assurances of open trade zones, development of renewable sources, technology transfer Food Development, health, hunger, poverty Urgent, utmost priorities, Technological support, financial support Land Poverty, rights, Property rights, institutional reform Water War, disease, economic hardship, poverty Looming crisis, grim prospects, Financial support for infrastructure, trade support,
33. Which States Are Securitizing? Logit Regression Secured = B 0 + B 1 X + ε Where: Secured = Binary variable (0,1) indicating if a state mentioned security at least once X = Vector of variables related to energy and water security B 0 + B 1 = parameters to be estimated ε = error term
34. Energy Variables Units of measurement Variable Description Variable name Variable Type Aggregate measure of energy security published by the World Energy Council (2009) WECSEC Composite kg of oil equivalent Fossil fuel energy use per capita Energyusecap Resource Endowment and Use Variables kg of oil equivalent Fossil fuel reserves per capita Fossilreservescap % Fossil fuel energy use as share of total energy use Fossilusepercent % Net energy imports as share of total energy use Energyimports % Fuel exports as share of total merchandise exports Fuelexports % Fuel exports as share of total merchandise imports Fuelimports metric tons of CO 2 equivalent Greenhouse gas (carbon) emissions per capita CO2cap 2000 US $ Gross Domestic Product per capita GDPcap Socio-economic Political and Geographic Variables % Average annual population growth Popgrowth World Governance Indicators (WGI) index of political stability and absence of violence published by the World Bank (2010). Values represent 2005 data Politicalstability 0/1 a binary variable indicating whether or not the country was an island Island
35. Water Variables Units of measurement Variable Description Variable name Variable Type 0-100 Aggregate water poverty index developed by Sullivan (2002) and Lawrence, Meigh and Sullivan (2002) WPI Composite m 3 /cap/year Annual renewable water resources per capita ARWR Resource Endowment and Use Variables m 3 /cap/year Internal renewable water resources per capita IRWR % Water withdrawn as share of total IRWR Withdrawals % Share of IRWR originating in other countries Waterdependence % Population in the agricultural sector Agrpop Socio-economic and Political Variables % Agricultural value added as share of overall Gross Domestic Product Agrgdp 2000 US$ Gross Domestic Product per capita GDPcap % Annual population growth Popgrowth 0-100 World Governance Indicators (WGI) index of political stability and absence of violence published by the World Bank (2010). Values represent 2003 data. Politicalstability
38. How to reconcile between competing security discourses: The case of the solar power plants in the Israeli Negev
39. The main securities Means for achieving security Storyline Group of environmental security Security type Self-grown, preservation of land Accessibility to food Reliable supply Food local resources Availability and sustainability Reliable supply Energy CO2 reduction Climate that enables life Life support system Climate Nature reserves Ecology that enables agriculture Life support system Ecology Strong security agencies Protection of the nation Not environmental Traditional
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50. The security types raised in each protocol Type of security Envi . Trad . Food Econ . Clim . Ecol . Ener . Protocol no. Par. Cmte. V V V V 1 V V V V 2 V 3 V V V V 4 V V V V V 5 N=65 V V 6 0.31 No. of security types to the no. of statements ratio : Loc. Cmte. V V V V 1 V V V V 2 V V V V V 3 N=39 V V V 4 0.41 No. of security types to the no. of statements ratio : Nat. Cmte. V V V 1 V V 2 V 3 V V 4 V V V V 5 V 6 V 7 V V V V 8 V V 9 V V V V 10 V 11 V V V V 12 N=47 V V 13 0.61 No. of security types to the no. of statements ratio :
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Editor's Notes
This can be an internal threat- civil war- or an external or can also be infectious disease for whom: the country : country From what : military threats, land issues
Human security complements state security, enhances human rights and strengthens human development. It seeks to protect people against a broad range of threats to individuals and communities and, further, to empower them to act on their own behalf. Freedom from Fear —protecting individuals from violent conflicts while recognizing that these violent threats are strongly associated with poverty, lack of state capacity and other forms of inequities. Freedom from Want — The school advocates a holistic approach in achieving human security and argues that the threat agenda should be broadened to include hunger, disease and natural disasters because they are inseparable concepts in addressing the root of human insecurity and they kill far more people than war, genocide and terrorism combined. [10] Different from "Freedom from Fear", it expands the focus beyond violence with emphasis on development and
It seems that the environmental language is now saturated by security jargon To be more blunt, it seems that the envi and security high jacked each other October 2003 a report to the Department of Defense (Schwartz and Randall, 2003- from occ -10) . The report recommends that the United States commit ‘‘to a stronger national and international role to help stabilize climate change at levels that will avoid significant disruption to global security and stability’’ (CNA Corporation 2007).
In form of crime and straggle between groups and rapid urbanization counter argument that Abundance can induce conflicts often because of the looting of the resources is used for buying arms - Reverse causal relationship: security infrastructure such as defense wall that affect the environment or just spending the tax payer money on security instead on the environment- unfortunately in Israel we have them both- can result in severe disagreements between groups Envi threat again can be scarcity such as a drought of abundance such as floods Often causes a common environmental threat that Requires collective action (building a dam., developing a peace park) Here it always asked the question of is it genuine cooperation and peace building or “dressing up dominance as cooperation”
Based on these premises and nexsus between the env and security mapes were prodiuced
What resources we often securitize and their nature There are dozens definitions of energy security, but most of them will stress the need for reliable supply.. The storyline is (that has started to develop) during the 1973 oil crisis often securitized the availability of extractive resources particularly oil at an affordable price.or in other words, securing the ability to gap between the incline in the demand to the harm in the supply ability. Otherwise we may face economic recession and some argue that it may lead to political unrest Solution : diversifying the resources portfolio, using less energy and advancing demand management
Because we can survive without our life supporting system's that are based on things such as the biodiversity and the integrality if our atmosphere. The ozone depilation ad its affect on our public health is often given as an example This existential implications of climate change is in addition to climate change other implications such as to the supply reliability of different resources and to stability of regimes,
First, it was defined (in the world food conference in 1974) as a world constant supply of basic food products often as a result of raise in the price food in many plaxes in the world. . A During the dacades latter (In the World Food Summit in 1996) its meaning was expanded and included securing the condition which all the people, any time and anywhere have physically and economically accessibility to safety food, nutritious and in sufficient amount to they're dietetic needs and that will provide the basis to healthy and active life (. In other words the shift has changed to the question of entitlement and the ability of the society to provide basic rights Water : the story line is similar of a shift from securing the expensation of the economy to nowadays to the concept of water as the human right that is nowadays promoted by _______ Solution:
Esesntial : especially energy where is scarcity was often described as a catalyst for political instability Symbols: as symbols for the US insecurity Embelmaic ” the army must be able to expend its training area otherwise it will not be able to meet the new security threats
The use of security jargon in decision making, politics and the media is not new. Security jargon was already documented to mobilize military decisions, budget and move aside other consideration such as environmental ones. For example, in the decision making process in Israel concerning expedition of a military base located in ecological sensitive areas, security jargon was heavily used. This include classifying the army activity their as 'top secret' and presenting the need for new military infrastructure as a condition for the navy ability to meet war conditions. Often by securitizing the envi discourse what is expected to move the decisions from low to high politics. What is assumed to be an instrument to recruit greater support and budget for the environment This is why often exogenous factors contribute to proliferation of security jargon and idioms used to step aside environmental considerations. For example in the US after, 11 2001 the use of military idioms and considerations in the congress and the White House seems to intensified.
That are often at a lower scale and profile. Because of this it may foreclose alternative actions Especially if the support for envi issues is gained at low politics as is often the case. In other words we are barking at the wrong tree In other words by brining the heavy artility it can perpetuate the status que and to not put us on the fast track for solution. One example that the literature stress is the climate change policy in the US that although was securitized during the bush administration, was not making and progress. All these cons implies that securitization is by far too blunt instruments to generate adequate policy responses Especially in the US energy security policy because the securitization is a social process, stronger actors with greater influence have better chance to convince the audience about the importance and the acute of they're securitize issue. Security is thus very much a structured field in which some actors are placed in better positions of power what may… . First it is an analytical slippery slope where vetting environmental threats under the logic of the war system we shall soon drain the term security of any meaning.
De-securitization in the water realm is assumed tends to foster institutional development and manifest as a win-win outcome, which is inherently more conducive for economic growth and hence positive peace (Turton, 2003). It is also assumed to allow parties to engage in benefit sharing (Turton, 2005) which is perceived as a way out of the zero-sum game trap associated with sharing the costs of water at the basin level ( Sadoff and Grey (2005).
ability to predict who is likely to securitize resources
Established: in 1992 by the ____following the United Nations Earth Summit different actors (governmental, semi-governmental, NGOs and regional). open forum: where all the actors have a place to express their ideas. At the forum each actor in his turn reads his official statement or statements. Each year: The topics are from a range of sustainable development issues For example: the 15th Commission dealt with Energy for Sustainable Development, Industrial Development, Air Pollution and Climate Change.
Statements: we focused on the years that were around water (__) and energy(___) since we suspected these resources to be securitized What : energy dependency, relatable supply, regime stability Multi : to identify the parameters that contribute to the securitization process
Parties: (100% is who declared) Statements: 65 of the statents were Security statements: :
Little of the securitization jargon relates to typical water scarcity issues In water we securtize:food and prosperity
Here we take only the statmentw with security
In energy we securitize- supply and food
Waterdependence Share of IRWR originating in other countries Agrpop Population in the agricultural sector In terms of identifying what components of water and energy variables affect the use of security jargon, for water it was a higher ratio of withdrawals to resources, a greater dependence on other countries for water supplies, and a higher proportion of population dependent on agriculture
such as regime stability and conflicts Energy : that is associated with securing economic growth . In wate r:is often associated with securing poverty alleviation
Land: this is the resource that is essential for the diffent securitizes Context variables : how much the system is democratic, public participation
There is a cabinet descion to shift to 10% renewable energy
לומר בעל פה analysis of parliamentary and planning and building committees
Pay attention that the nevironmtalist can be on both sides
Politicians raise energy security rhetoric- we can not trust our nirhberioes Business : raise energy security- they need subsidies NGOs raise environmental arguments: some are in favor because the positive affect on the clime while a few are against
Reconcile between food and energy security Reconclue between all securities (maybe at the expense of certain aspects of energy security which are relatable supply) Allow energy, climate and ___ securities not at the expense of food security (not at the expense of farms)