ABSTRACT
Introduction After the September 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks in the United States , the seemingly strengthening focus on human security, and human rights, gave way to renewed focus on state security, the main protagonist of which became terrorism. Hopes that humanitarian imperatives would overcome traditional views on conflict quickly faded away. Further, the global financial crisis of 2008 exposed growing global inequalities, which fueled conflict, including terrorism. Indeed, as though a can of worms had been opened, the closer we approached to 2015, the more we saw the return of revolutions, revolts, instability, and conflict of various types. Development, in other words, apparently failed to adequately address growing global inequalities and the subsequent necessity to
Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3 Main Concepts of WSA .............................................................................................................. 4 Critiques of WSA ........................................................................................................................ 6 Cases ........................................................................................................................................... 7
Sweden ................................................................................................................................... 7 Iraq ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Jamaica ................................................................................................................................... 8 Yugoslavia ............................................................................................................................... 9
Capitalist Contradictions and Crisis ............................................................................................ 9 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................10 References ..................................................................................................................................10
