Escaping the Insecurity Trap

Wed Oct 23 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm UTC+01:00

Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution | Bath

Bath Stop War
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Militarism in the name of ‘security’ only makes us less secure. So do growing inequality and global heating. Is there a better way to go?
About this Event

In the decade that lies ahead, a bitterly divided world faces a combination of limits to growth, escalating wars and climate breakdown. Yet national governments prioritise an approach of relentless militarism in the name of ‘security’, to enforce stability and protect the wealthy. There is a growing sense that things are falling apart, given the failure to negotiate or mediate effectively in desperate wars (Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza) and the shame of social injustice and rising poverty.

Paul Rogers argues that in responding to the prospect of ‘a crowded, glowering world’, there are three questions we must answer:

  • Can we come to terms with the environmental limits to growth in time?
  • Can we transform the world economy to ensure that there is far better sharing of what we have?
  • Can we change our understanding and practice of international security to focus on a human security approach that works for all, not just an elite?

This talk is sponsored by Bath & District UNA, Bath Stop War and Rethinking Security B&NES.


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Paul Rogers is Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University and an honorary fellow of the Joint Service Command and Staff College (JSCSC). He has a long-term research interest in what drives international conflict, and especially the connection between socio-economic divisions and global heating. He trained originally as a biologist, working as a plant pathologist in East Africa before returning to the UK to lecture in environmental science, and later environmental security and then peace research.

His many books (which have been translated into Chinese, Farsi, Japanese and Russian among other languages) include (4th edn 2021) and (2017). His latest book, , which is the basis for this talk, will be published by Hawthorn Press in November.

He is a frequent broadcaster and writes regularly for openDemocracy.

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Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, 16–18 Queen Square, Bath, United Kingdom

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