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,Lecture 1
introduction
Case Tree mile-island
Security USA
Studies.
1gzu
:
(safety case)

the free mile island case , was a nuclear powerplant in
Pennsylvania that melted down in
1997




Q1 Why & Q2 in Q3 :
impact
negative causation o
: -
effects on
peoples : -o the case this case had l ot
a



lives an
properties. made it a crisis hydration bubble formed and gas started of effet 1 .
economic effect : stopped a
l ot of




When is it a safetya security case ? leaking what resulted to the area production in nuclear power




potential of emotional discovered v
arm :
, evacuating ,
later a all was 2 .
View on nuclear power
changed into



physical ,
social open ,
/Technical meltdown something people became afraid for



2 Humans have to be effected Safety 8 security issues are either and had a
l ack of trust in .
What
-




3 the harm
is indirectly
directly or 1. man-made a
Security case : intentional al decreased investments into nuclear




harmful to humans 1. accidental -
Safety case : Now-intentional projects

Harm affects Human
directly or indirect) till this day the same issues on nuclear had more of a indirect harm



sites still occur
: ·

Failing cooling system various interrelated impacts on :




·
media response gave natural environment


the
wrong view
Public health


Agendas basic , Tech development , politics ,
globalisation Public policy

Security issues are
high on the agenda because people fear insecurity. nuclear industry

citizen agenda :
society
① Basic need to survive "Maslow's hierarchy of needs ,
Security is the 2th topic on the period

maslow studied positive created
was a
psychologist who human qualities and lives to he the
Hierarchy of human needs



the pyramid explains security as : security of body , of
employment ,
of resources ,
of
morality ,
of family ,
of healt
,

of property
② Technological development to positive or negative.

also make place for more existential risks . nuclear
Eg
.

energy


and it brings alot of complex systems : normal accidents are unintentional ,
but can turn into intentional (intentional weaponisationn)




government agenda I




1 Terrorism


2 organised crime



3 cyber crime


u hybrid treats



cross boundary challenges :
government agencies have to work together to solve these issues

, ③
. globalisation there are 2 definitions



I
Security studies is global as an all encompassing concept (1st that makes it global)

& Global as a
geospatial concept
,
we live in a interconnected world , global as a geospatial concepts has global in scale and reach




global in scale to
experience/impact almost everyone E g .
.
global warming

E terrorism
Reach , can impact everyone but takes place in one but effects can be felt
globally .

.
g a
conflict
migration ,




Reading Western western explains the evolution of
security studies from the cold war until now ,
the renaissance was a
turning point in the
change in



the field .
at First security studies was
easy definable . the focus was phenomenons of war ,
but it outgrew its traditional view into more disciplines



this caused that scholars identified broader of factors influenced that different types Violence started (broadening) causing that
a
range that more of appearing



a shift of attention from state to human-level
security concerns
(Deepening) leading to less civil wars since their peaks in
Iggo


So den lack civil scholars started
types
of
security treats
to the on other of
wars
Focusing .




Wester defines the term
global as geospatial empirical concept :
referencing those issues where the causes or effects (or both) are found across the planet



& Types : I
global is Reach :
happens in one place , but could effectHappen
every were

2 in Scale
global : effects everyone : no one or
very view can escape from these issuess .




⑪ politics :
governance needs to prfioritize on the agenda


Safety and security mostly make the cut , there fundamental : Thomas Hobbs said : we must wish to avoid threatening the situation of Non-government . Our only reasonable



option is a sovereign authority that is totally unaccountable to its subjects Sovereign ,
means you give up some of your freedom to get some safety in return
though a social contract.




Reading Bald Will the end of the cold war marked a start of a
change in international policies (in some opinions despite the different views a main themes emerged ,
First military powers has declined



in importance , military force became prevalent and less Useful as a tool .
Secondly a need to reexamine : the
way we think about international relations and national policies. and



third domestic problems
a broader view of national security meaning : that /NON-military treats came into view .




Security studies has always to be solved a Not as a instrument of power the crucial difference between
been viewed as a study of war :
Quincy Wright said, War is a problem that needs ,




studies before and after military instrument national tended to be neglected.
Security 1940 was that the force as an of power for
promoting Security also




in the First postwar decade 4 themes reoccured ,
Firstly security was
always viewed not as the primary goal of states. Second National Security was viewed as a
goal to be persuade by


both nonmilitary and military techniques of statecraft
. Third ,
awareness of the security dilemma often led to emphasise on caution and prudence with respect to
military policy.


lastly ,
much attention was devoted to the relationship between NS and domestic affairs .

, the golden age during the period 1955-65 and dominated by nuclear related There shift in focus (from the meaning
was was
weaponry and concerns . was a




of security to how to use a particular sets of weapons) How do states use weapons of mass destruction as instruments of
policy




the decline




security studies : Academic Field
-


community of people study security - what do they study


1 war & military interventions




Emerging stage to from 24 world war and triggers the academic discipline ,
emerged from international relation



The golden age to
During cold war :
Strong focus on
military force in international relations & nuclear weapons



the decline to After the cold war : more different themes started the emerge



change happened in 2
ways

1
Broadening : other types of treats ,
instead only military treats


State-centerd Centred
2
-
Deepening : From to Human



Triggers a need for theoretical
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