Paige Ferreira Global Security Studies Professor Shirk 18 December 2017 In my original security essay, I argued that security is a multi-layered, complex causal concept that on one level ensures the preservation and fulfillment of nationalistic and political ideologies with the ultimate goal of achieving ontological pursuits. On another level security should protect the citizens of a nation from forces of evil and threats. After taking this class, I am now arguing that sometimes those forces of evil are within one’s own country and sometimes governments beset with corrupt leaders threaten the security of those they are elected to protect. Human Security is still a major threat globally as many civilians lives become endangered by corrupt leadership, lack of education, gender inequalities, and inadequate public health policies. In essence, the social and political decisions of greedy and corrupt governments are the greatest negative ramifications that weaken human sec
Like most things in this world, opinions are bound to change with the times that they live in. Before this class, I put security to be for the common good, with the common good saying that the national security is over other types of security. After taking the class I would say my opinion is unmoved by what it started. The opinion I had on national security as the greater good since this is what keeps the world as we know it flowing is what I still stand by. The cases that support this stance would be the problems within Sierra Leone and also the problems with Tuvalu. Both have cases that can easily argue for the human security but I still stand towards the greater good over individuals. In the instance of Sierra Leone, national security must be protected to ensure those within the nation are able to have human and ontological security. In this case, the national security would have been able to enforce borders so that the pillaging of the resources would not have occurred. The in