ABSTRACT
The identity of individuals, states, institutions, and even knowledge itself creates the limits of security and insecurity in global politics. Therefore, interrogating identity helps us to understand why some people are more likely to be secure and others are more likely to be insecure. The elements which constitute our identity, socio-economic status, location, nationality, race, gender, religion, age, education levels, physical ability, shape our ability to be secure. The agency of the insecure, working in collaboration with other security actors, is therefore central to the cosmopolitan approach. While a cosmopolitan framework may certainly be read into UNSCR1325, the question of whether it has been practised with a cosmopolitan ethic is an entirely separate issue. The goal of the cosmopolitan security project is to build pathways to facilitate changes such that all identities have the capacity to design their own security.
