Publication

May 1999

This paper looks at national security perceptions and policies in an age where conventional interstate threats have faded. The author deems it incumbent to get beyond vulnerability-based policy and the risk of becoming hostages to fear, both to ensure that limited resources address the correct problems efficiently, and to promote effective collaboration, a key element to human security. The author moreover outlines a framework for measuring threats and building common perspectives.

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Author William J Durch
Series Stimson Books and Reports
Issue 30
Publisher Stimson Center
Copyright © 1999 The Henry L. Stimson Center
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