Security in the 21st century: Trends, prospects and challenges
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2015-04-17
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University of Ghana
Abstract
Within the social sciences, the concept of security and its implications
for policy has attracted considerable attention particularly since the
end of the Cold War. At the core of this is a constructivist move geared
towards representing security in terms that reflect its contemporary
usages. The evolving expansion of the notion of security has engendered
policy relevant scholarship on a variety of issues. The panel
explores some implications of the expanding conceptualisation of
security in the 21st Century focusing on the trends, prospects and
challenges. In Breaking the Cybersecurity Dilemma: Balancing
National Security and Human Security in Cyberspace, Otoo explores the
relevance of human security as a solution to the cybersecurity
dilemma that arises as a result of the use of cyberspace as an operational
domain for surveillance and cyber warfare. In Interrogating the
Concept and Practice of Collective Security Regimes in the 21" Century,
Darkwa examines the strengths and limitations of the current international
collective security architecture and proffers options for enhancing
its utility in addressing contemporary security challenges. In
"Hacktivism and its Implications for International Security in the 21"
Century'; Oduro Marfo also focuses on the implications of hacker for
international security, foreign policy formulation and the theoretical
debate in international relations regarding how states behave. In
Historicising Security Policy Making in Africa: A Human Security
Dimension, Attuquayefio attempts to influence a recalibration of
security policy making by tracing the development of security policies
in Africa and juxtaposing it by contemporary realities in security
consideration. Finally, Appiah assesses the possibility of increased
conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa if the regions extractives driven growth
is not accompanied with better human development for its growing
youthful population in The Chasm between rising Incomes and Human
Development and its potential for Conflict in Resource Intensive
Countries.
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School of social sciences colloquium
Keywords
scholarship, security, Cold War, National Security