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September 11th 2001 and its aftermath demonstrated that transnational, networked individuals and non-state actors henceforth may utilize means of violence at scales formerly monopolized by nation-states. Consequently, individuals and non-state actors face a new set of obligations, opportunities and dilemmas arising from the fact that state power cannot provide an acceptable level of security to their resident populations.
Do we now stand at a transformative moment in which we recognize that the core ideas, institutions, arrangements and processes that were meant to create, sustain and enhance a state-based system of global security are not only inadequate, but actually invalid and generate more turbulence and insecurity than they overcome?
If citizens cannot rely on nation-states to dominate in the provision of global security, should civil society and its institutions reconstitute global security on their own terms and displace nation-states to the periphery of the global security agenda? If so, what are these specific obligations and opportunities for various non-governmental sectors?
We will close the Institute's September 11 Forum over the coming months by probing these and related issues.
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The India-Pakistan Conflict - Towards The Failure Of Nuclear Deterrence
November 13, 2002
Pervez Hoodbhoy, Quaid-e-Azam University and Zia Mian, Princeton University
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Al Qaeda's Nuclear Program: Through the Window of Seized Documents
November 6, 2002
David ALBRIGHT the Institute for Science and International Security, Washington, D.C
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Deterrence and the Contemporary Situation in the Middle East
October 30, 2002
Patrick MORGAN, the University of California, Irvine
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