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Reference to an extended notion of security has become common practice in security discourses since the end of the Cold War: the idea that security is an issue not only with respect to weapons but also to health & environmental sustainability. This notion was introduced as a conscious effort on the part of peace researchers & environmentalists to re-distribute resources from the military sector to development & environmental protection. But the strategy of "securitization" was only partially successful: it has also helped to widen the scope of military contingency planning. In this context, the German "Action Plan for Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolution & the Consolidation of Peace" has to be read as an undertaking in which quite different agendas of securitization compete. Instead of highlighting such tensions, the Plan of Action follows the familiar pattern of giving a little bit to everyone. It comes up with a long list of measures, but not with a coherent concept. The article attempts to delineate a security agenda based on a narrow notion of security. It claims that a narrow notion of security can do more to enhance innovation in security policies than the attempt to define each & every thing as a security issue. Adapted from the source document.