Relationship between Peace Building and Human Security

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Introduction:
The significance of the peace building is increasing in a substantial manner in the
modern world. Majority of the global leaders are observed to be inclined towards developing
a sustainable world and society and under such situation, one of the top most priorities for the
leaders is seen to be the effective management and development of peaceful environment.
Having said that, the urge of the countries in improving their economic condition and the
keen interest towards becoming a global powerhouse are recognized as significant obstacles
for the countries in improving their ability towards the development of peaceful environment.
Schirch (2013) claimed that the concept of the human security and peace building is largely
interlinked as the constituents of the society that are the humans are required to be protected
as a much required step for the development of the peaceful environment at the global stage.
According to Pugh, Cooper and Turner, (2016) if the respective defence authorities of
the nations are unable to provide the much required safety to their citizens, then their
incompetency is a greater menace for the society in developing the peaceful environments.
Mac Ginty (2013) stated that the efficient management of the factors that have the capability
to provide harm to the individuals is certainly a crucial success factor for the government,
when it comes to contributing for the much required process of peace building. The paper
discusses regarding the relationship of the concept of peace building and human security.
Along with this, the paper provides crucial arguments regarding the impact of both the
concepts in the modern world and at the same time, the paper analyses linkage of both the
concepts with precise elaboration of the methods in which the concepts complement each
other. For the effective understanding of the concepts and the linkage, the paper also includes
some common real life examples such as the Israeli –Palestinian conflict, US and North

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Korea conflict regarding the nuclear power, India Pakistan conflict, US and China trade
conflict.
Factors of Human In -security:
It is important to understand the factors that contribute towards the formation of the
human insecurity for gaining an important understanding regarding the technique that
requires to be used for the development of the peace at the global stage. With a precise focus
on the business dynamics of the 21st century, it is pretty evident that the social security has
become a major point of concern for a large section of the individuals. Dodds and Pippard
(2013) claimed that one of the crucial factors that affect the social security of the humans is
the poverty. Even in the 21st century, there are considerable number of nations with the
inappropriate economic condition where the citizens are largely affected by the impact of
poverty. Under such situation, the effective management of the basic needs from the part of
the governing authorities is a significant challenge. Having said that, the poor economic
status of those nations have tremendous impact on the social life of the citizens which is
pretty visible with the life style that they follow. In majority of the cases, the citizens of those
nations are deprived from the basic nutrition and at the same time, the incapability of the
national government in providing the basic infrastructure for promoting good health in the
nation, increases the frustration and sufferings of the citizens in managing their health.
Hence, it is evident that the incapability of the governmental organizations in producing the
required basic infrastructure and the nutrition is a crucial factor that increases the concerns of
the citizens regarding their survival.
On the other hand, Hanlon and Christie (2016) claimed that one of the substantial
factor that affects the human security is observed to be the cultural differences. With a precise
focus on the concept of the cultural differences, Black (2016) claimed that the differences or

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inequalities between the cultural groups have the potential to pose considerable number of
concerns in managing the peaceful environment. According to Holmer (2013), the difference
in the cultural groups on the basis of the social values, beliefs or the languages is not a
massive point of concern for the society, however, the frequent occurrences of the extremist
activities on the basis of those differences along with the unorganized or vague determination
of protecting their own culture, is a genuine matter of concern for the government and each of
those individuals responsible for the development of the peace. Lee and Özerdem, (2015)
highlighted that the cases of harmful activities on the basis of the cultural differences where
Lee and Özerdem, (2015) mentioned that the presence of the superstitious beliefs and fake
claims is affecting the normalcy of the society.
Kingma (2016) stated that a section of the leaders of the society, for their own
benefits, are observed to manipulate the citizens for participating in the cultural reservations
and under such situation, they have the tendency of manipulating the individuals towards
participating in the extremist activities for protecting their society and their culture. In
majority of the cases, such activities or actions are observed to have a vague base where the
leaders of the society communicate fake promises or concerns for manipulating the citizens
and that effectively leads to the severe situations such as riot. The achievement for those
leaders are the success and recognition that they achieve in the society, however, the general
citizens are observed to pay a significant cost for the achievement of their leaders. As, in
majority of the cases, the severity of the activities are considerably high, it leads the society
towards a massive massacre. The general citizens are seen to lose their life and good
reputation owing to their participation in those extremist activities. Along with this, such
activities are observed to affect the law and order in the society and in majority of the cases,
it demolishes the appropriate establishment of the law and order in the societies. Though the
communication from the part of the leaders to their followers regarding the probable dangers