Ethics and Global Security

Burke, Anthony; Lee-Koo, Katrina; McDonald, Matt

doi:10.4324/9780203071304

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“…Debates about the choice between humans and the environment, intrinsic or instrumental value of beings or the needs of ecological systems and the value of individual beings 5 have largely failed to precipitate a wholesale shift in the ways in which we comprehend or approach environmental issues, and has allowed ecological debate to be cut-off from broader ethical and philosophical debate. In a manner consistent with so-called 'second wave' green political theorists (see Eckersley 2005, 365), the focus here is on recognition of interdependence in a manner that addresses the needs of both vulnerable human populations and other species (see Burke, Lee-Koo, and McDonald 2016). The arrival of the Anthropocene builds on this recognition, of course, underscoring the dynamic inter-relationship between humans and the ecosystems in which they live.…”

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“…1 These voices have joined media outlets and international organizations in linking climate change to contemporary conflicts in Darfur and Syria, for example, and even to the rise of Daesh (see Strozier and Berkell 2014;Schafer, Scheffran, and Penniket 2016). And of course, a range of scholars of international relations have explored the relationship between climate change and security, with several suggesting it constitutes the security issue confronting present and future generations (see Burke, Lee-Koo and McDonald 2016).…”

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Climate change and security: towards ecological security?

McDonald

2018

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Climate change is increasingly characterized as a security issue. Yet we see nothing approaching consensus about the nature of the climate change–security relationship. Indeed existing depictions in policy statements and academic debate illustrate radically different conceptions of the nature of the threat posed, to whom and what constitute appropriate policy responses. These different climate securitydiscoursesencourage practices as varied as national adaptation and globally oriented mitigation action. Given the increasing prominence of climate security representations and the different implications of these discourses, it is important to consider whether we can identifyprogressivediscourses of climate security: approaches to this relationship underpinned by defensible ethical assumptions and encouraging effective responses to climate change. Here I make a case for an ecological security discourse. Such a discourse orients towards ecosystem resilience and the rights and needs of the most vulnerable across space (populations of developing worlds), time (future generations), and species (other living beings). This paper points to the limits of existing accounts of climate security before outlining the contours of an ‘ecological security discourse’ regarding climate change. It concludes by reflecting on the challenges and opportunities for such discourse in genuinely informing how political communities approach the climate change–security relationship.

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Climate change and security: towards ecological security?

McDonald

2018

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“…..., What should we do about the suffering of others? 9 , Could we use force to protect our own safety? ... shape safety debates at all levels, whether individual, or at a state-national, international, or even global level" (Burke, Lee-Koo and McDonald, 2016, pp.…”

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Safety and Human Vulnerability: A Philosophical Consideration

2018

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“…Central here is the claim that even if our referent object shifts to vulnerable outsiders or future generations, we need to engage with the most powerful actors in the international system, whose substantial resources might be brought to bear to address the security needs and suffering of vulnerable people (e.g. Burke et al, 2014). The high-water mark for 'human security', for example, seemed to be its adoption by states such as Canada, Japan and Norway, whose embrace of the concept meant reprioritizing but not revisiting the central security role of the state itself.…”

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Trouble in paradise: Contesting security in Bali

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Wilson

2017

Security Dialogue

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The last decade in Indonesia has seen the emergence of localized militia groups. In Bali, these groups are now particularly prolific. Conventional wisdom in international relations thought is that these organizations constitute a threat to the authority of the state (its monopoly on the legitimate use of force) and may require national security measures to deal with them. Yet these organizations ultimately define their own role in terms of the provision of security, claiming that they act to preserve or advance core values of their communities. In this sense, their security role with reference to the state is ambiguous: they often enjoy legitimacy at the local level and perform important security functions for their local communities, even while constituting an alternative site of security practice and challenging the (exclusive) security role of the Indonesian state. Drawing on ethnographic research, this article examines these actors as security agents and employs a framework of security contestation to make sense of the manner in which they engage with and redefine the provision of security in Bali. In this context, the emergence and practices of Balinese militia groups challenge the way we view non-state actors in the security space and, more generally, the way we conceive security agency in international relations.

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Ethics and Global Security

Cited by 42 publications

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Climate change and security: towards ecological security?

Climate change and security: towards ecological security?

Safety and Human Vulnerability: A Philosophical Consideration

Trouble in paradise: Contesting security in Bali

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