F&O Weekend
Weekend reading on F&O includes a thoughtful essay on human security, a note on an American state’s dalliance with discrimination, and a disturbing allegation that criminal gangs are behind suppression of democratic reform in Hong Kong. The Decline in Global Violence. Expert Witness essay, by Andrew Mack (Public access) In the new Human Security Report, The Decline in Global Violence: Evidence Explanation and Contestation, global security specialist Andrew Mack examines the question: Has the long-term threat of violence — war, terrorism, and homicide — been decreasing or increasing worldwide? For some, the answer seems clear. Many in the strategic community concur