Security has tended to be seen as based on military force, yet this illusion is crumbling before our eyes in the conflict zones of Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa. This book tackles the global human security problem across the range of core issues including terrorism, nuclear proliferation, access to water, food security, and loss of biodiversity.

Security has tended to be seen as based on military force, yet this illusion is crumbling, literally and figuratively, before our eyes in the conflict zones of Iraq, Afghanistan and equatorial Africa. It is now clear that real human security, defined by the Commission on Human Security as 'protecting vital freedoms', can only be achieved if the full range of issues that underpin human security - including environmental integrity - are addressed. This ground-breaking book, authored by prominent international decision-makers, tackles the global human security problem across the range of core...