Editorial 2019
Journal Title: Journal of Human Security - Year 2019, Vol 15, Issue 1
Abstract
As I write this, most of North America is enduring another polar vortex, with temperatures plummeting far below past averages, compromising the security of individuals in numerous ways. At the same time, the latest meeting of the world's most powerful decision makers in Davos just concluded with another letdown, a glaring absence of any productive or decisive consensus about the security problems confronting humanity and the rest of the planet.
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Sabina Lautensach
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