CHALLENGES TO THE SECURITY OF BANGLADESH: PRIMACY OF THE POLITICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC

In: Arms control: the journal of arms control and disarmament, Band 13, Heft 3, S. 518-530

Abstract

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO EXAMINE THE CHALLENGES TO THE SECURITY OF BANGLADESH IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA. IT TAKES THE PEOPLE AS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE SECURITY DEBATE--BOTH IN TERMS OF OBJECT AND INSTRUMENT OF SECURITY. IT HIGHLIGHTS THE PRIMACY OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FACTORS IN THE DEBATE AND OUTLINES THE NATURE AND PROCESS OF ALIENATION OF THE PEOPLE FROM SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, WITH A VIEW TO PROPOSING A PEOPLE-BASED APPROACH TO BANGLADESH'S SECURITY.