Human Security

Human Security
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Human security refers to safeguarding people’s lives. Indeed, it entails sustainable peace through the recognition of economic, political, and social problems. Some of the human security threats include poverty, ethnic violence, pandemics, climate change, and human trafficking. As such, human security provides a blueprint for establishing programs and policies to mitigate, respond to, and prevent such challenges. The paper focuses on how under-development and exploitation can cause wider political problems and how the international community can respond morally and prudently to humanitarian crises.
Under-development and exploitation can cause wider political problems. For instance, in 2011, Libya encountered an unmitigated disaster. More than 10,000 people were killed by militias who were greedy for power and wealth. Citizens were exploited and the economy was strangled (Kuperman 2019, 38). Despite the country being rich in natural resources, such as oil, it was difficult for it to benefit from oil production. The most significant effect of under-development is that the government becomes unable to generate enough revenues to fund its da...