Ozaltin, Duygu;
(2024)
The sustainable security index: a new measure for research and policy analysis.
Conflict, Security and Development
, 24
(4)
317 -338.
10.1080/14678802.2024.2404946.
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Abstract
This article introduces the Sustainable Security Index (SSI), a new measuring tool with the potential to advance research and policy analysis in international security by looking beyond militarised security solutions. The proposed index integrates the multi-dimensional concept of security and sustainability with weighted drivers of instability. Using the index, we rank 168 countries in terms of their contribution to global peace and stability in 2021, with particular attention to their environmental, political and economic governance. The majority of the top ranked countries are in Europe and North America while the lowest scoring countries are in Asia and Africa, highlighting the need to consider regional and global north-south divides. The SSI can encourage discussion about which type and level of intervention may benefit international stability. The Index can also forecast security risks around the world and thus contribute to creating watch lists of countries and regions of concern.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The sustainable security index: a new measure for research and policy analysis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14678802.2024.2404946 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2024.2404946 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
| Keywords: | Sustainable; security; peace; environment; development |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Political Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10197587 |
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