Globalization, Power, and Security

smart power and sustainable security

this paper argues for a broader emphasis on sustainable security and smart power, for examining both opportunities as well as threats to security. sustainable security is a new concept in the security studies. deep attention to all possible threats against human life is necessary for continuation of security in a sustainable and dynamic base. this aim can be achieved in a highest level by mergi...

Food, Power, and Globalization in Samoa

The effect of globalization on Samoan diet has been well documented as has the subsequent epidemic of obesity among Samoans. The Samoan diet began a transition in the 1830s with the introduction of more and more imported food items, culminating in a situation by the latter part of the 20 century that required the continued importation of food to meet the dietary needs of the population of the S...

Attaining food and environmental security in an era of globalization

Attaining the twin goals of food and environmental security in the coming decades poses a significant sustainability challenge. This paper examines the food and environmental security implications of a range of policies affecting the global food economy and terrestrial ecosystems, first in the context of historically segmented markets, and secondly in a hypothetical future world of fully integr...

Governance and Food Security in an Aga of Globalization

Globalization and food security: novel questions in a novel context?

This paper argues that analyses of food security highlight fundamental contradictions at the heart of the globalization project. It examines the concept of food security and evaluates how national strategies to promote it have been undermined by economic liberalization since the 1980s. It finds that unless current policies are drastically reformed, traditional patterns of food insecurity will c...