No. 90: Human Security

Genesis, Debates, Trends

Author(s): Daniel Trachsler
Editor(s): Daniel Trachsler
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 90
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2011

The concept of human security expanded the notion of security. The shift in focus from the state to the individual as the core object of security acknowledged the fact that intra-state conflicts such as civil wars, political violence, diseases, or poverty were greater threats to humans than inter-state wars. The concept has not brought about a paradigm shift in international security policy. But human security will most likely remain politically relevant even after recent changes in the strategic framework.

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Trends in State-based Armed Conflicts by Type 1946-2008