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This article draws on the concept of human security and argues that it can serve as a foundational doctrine within the fields of peacekeeping and peacebuilding. The chapter comprises three main parts which include 1) an introduction to the concept of human security; 2) a call for greater accountability and a strengthening of the duty to care across the peacebuilding landscape to counterbalance the militarization of peacekeeping; and finally 3) a proposal for what we call 'human security diplomacy' and the role that Canada can play as a middle power struggling to find its role within the nexus of these different strands. While human security has been a foundational principal of the United Nations for decades, the authors are particularly interested in how countries advance principles of peacebuilding in a globalized world to provide a more practical, rather than just suggested theoretical relationship, in terms developing a stronger identity through the lens of a new approach which we call human security diplomacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While the fight against ideological warfare of the Islamic State (ISIS) would not be possible without an effective counter ground operation led by the Kurds, these unique players in regional stability have contributed to the mitigation, and in some cases the elimination of Islamist extremist ideology, conducing to the human security of the region. Viewing these actions within a pro-democracy approach, this paper will demonstrate why the international community, led by the United States and EU, needs to, indeed ought to consider the Kurdish de facto autonomous region model as an element for stability. The resulting outcome could help contribute to the regional security of the Middle East, and also prevent the perpetration of any future atrocities against the Kurds and other minorities. Through a collective case study and a qualitative set of data, this paper will evaluate the de facto autonomous governance experience of the Kurds, its impact, and its potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By Jonathan Rigg. London: Routledge, 1997. 326 pp. This book is a very welcome addition to the literature on modernization and development, written from the perspective of a human geographer, [...]

There are very few studies that have compared the UAE and Pakistan. This is surprising, given that these states enjoy close relations, while having distinctive differences. This article attempts to elucidate a clear theory of state formation in the political and historical routes to modernity and identity in post-colonial states with specific reference to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Pakistan, and with particular focus on the influence of religion (Islam) in state formation. What kinds of factors are most important to explain outcomes? The article emphasises the lessons that can be learned from a successful state (like the UAE) for a less successful state (like Pakistan) that is continually undermined by both factionalism and religious/tribal formations. Although I stop short of calling Pakistan a 'failed' state, I do examine the serious problems and dilemmas the government has faced - and continues to confront - in seeking to build the rule of law and control its territory. The differences between UAE and Pakistan have not been resolved in the context of both modernisation and globalisation. I conclude that, largely as a result of the impact of modernisation and globalisation, secularisation - the public decline of religiosity - has resulted in a far more successful state in the UAE than in Pakistan. This article explains: (1) why this is the case; and (2) under what conditions it has taken place. The comparative historical aspects of this account hopefully lead to a fuller understanding of: (1) state formation and development in both countries; and (2) the role of religion in this context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]