ABSTRACT
Security is one of the most contested issues on the political agenda. However, interpretations of security often differ, and the subjects of the discourse (the individual, the group, the country, the state, the international community) sometimes have conflicting interests. For example, in the name of security, it is possible both to increase the defensive capabilities of the state and to attack the human rights of its population. In order to promote security as a global public good, it is important to analyse different political and military conflicts from the perspectives of the collective good and the international community. Global and regional international institutions, such as the European Union and the G8, possess enough authority to speak on behalf of the common good. Based on this assumption and in pursuit of the rationale of the security policies of the key actors, this chapter takes stock of EU and G8 attempts to resolve conflicts in different parts of the world.
