Amir Ullah Khan
Amir Ullah Khan, Lecturer in Political Science, Islamia College Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, is currently a PhD candidate at the School of Politics & International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
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Keywords: Security paradigms, traditional, non-traditional, power politics, security, paradigm shift, post-Cold war, Barry Buzan, Ken Booth
Abstract
In the post-Cold War era, strategic thinkers and policy makers developed a new discourse that took into account non-military security issues like lack of healthcare, poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, poor food, poor sanitation system, poor governance and environmental issues as non-traditional security issues. They criticize the traditional school of International Security Studies on the ground that it views security issues as predominantly military in nature and pays attention only to the “state’s use of military force,” the external threats a state is confronted with, conflicts and tactics of employment of military power. The ‘non-traditional’ security issues, i.e., nonmilitary threats on the security agenda, have gained currency since the late 1980s. A CASE STUDY OF POLIO IN NWA Barry Buzan attaches importance to security sectors by deviating from traditional military sector. He states that, “If a multi-sectoral approach to security was to be fully meaningful, referent objects other than the state had to be allowed into the picture.” Buzan has categorized the issue areas for a broadened security agenda in relation to five ‘sectors’: Military, Political, Economic, Societal and Environmental. This paper attempts to compare the case study to the GWoT and FATA with regards to non-traditional security threats. It will bring comparisons and in the end policy implications for tackling non-traditional security threats.
First Published
June 25, 2014
How to Cite
Amir Ullah Khan, “GWoT, FATA & Non-Traditional Security Threat: A Case Study of Polio in NWA,” Regional Studies 32, no.3 (Summer 2014): 72-94, https://regionalstudies.com.pk/wp/article/gwot-fata-non-traditional-security-threat-a-case-study-of-polio-in-nwa/
Issue
Volume 32, Issue 3