Networked security

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Networked security describes the security policy approach of bundling and coordinating various instruments, in particular (but not exclusively) military , police , diplomatic , development and humanitarian instruments in such a way that a coordinated, coherent and sustainable one in crisis regions in which armed conflicts are waged Action by international actors is achieved.

This is based on the assumption that interventions in civil wars and violent conflicts or the support of a country in a direct post-war situation ("peacebuilding") require different activities, which - depending on the type and extent of the destruction - include support or reform of the security forces Humanitarian aid, clearing of mines and duds, (re) building of infrastructure, agriculture and health system, support of elections up to the building or reform of administrative structures and legal system. Depending on the task, on the one hand different, often international teams of experts should be deployed, on the other hand it should be ensured that the various activities of external experts are coordinated.

The term “networked security” does not define what is meant by “security”. It corresponds more to the English term “comprehensive approach”, as it is used in Resolution 1674 of the UN Security Council of April 28, 2006.

History of the term

The first official government document in which the term "networked security" appears is the 2006 White Paper , in which a section is devoted to this topic (section 1.4, p. 25). In the spring of 2010 the German Bundestag set up a subcommittee on "Civilian Crisis Prevention and Networked Security", which dealt with the topic of networked security in a public session on March 26, 2012.

criticism

In the Association for Development Policy and Humanitarian Aid of German Non- Governmental Organizations (VENRO) and in the German peace movement , the term "networked security" is being discussed critically. VENRO complained in a paper from March 2012: "The concept of networked security has not been further defined despite several demands by the Association of Development Policy of German Non-Governmental Organizations (VENRO) to the Federal Government and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)." VENRO therefore demands: "When using the term" networked security ", the Federal Government should specifically name goals, actors and approaches. The concept of security must also be concretized. For the NGOs organized in VENRO, the concept of" human security "is crucial."

The peace movement points out that the term "networked security" follows a security logic that is diametrically opposed to peace policy thinking.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Importance of preventing conflict through development, democracy stressed . April 28, 2006. 
  2. ↑ Federal Ministry of Defense: White Paper 2006 on Germany's Security Policy and the Future of the Bundeswehr ( PDF )
  3. ↑ Website of the subcommittee ( - ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bundestag.de
  4. ^ Press release from March 26, 2012 ( [1] )
  5. ↑ VENRO position No. 2 / March 2012: Contoureless and unusable - The concept of networked security from the perspective of non-governmental organizations ( PDF ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / venro.org
  6. ^ Raphael Vergin: Instead of development and peace, now security? How civil society actors bundle their opposition to "networked security". Das Dossier.de, February 17, 2012 ( [2] )

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  • Andreas Witkowsky: Networked Security: Concept, Classification and Implementation in Conflict Management (Theses Paper on the Hearing of the Subcommittee “Civil Crisis Prevention and Networked Security”) Berlin, March 26, 2012 ( online PDF )
  • Andreas Wittkowsky, Wanda Hummel, Jens Philip Meierjohann and Tobias Pietz: ZIF Policy Briefing November 2011: Networked action put to the test; Assessments from German departments ( online PDF )
  • Sabine Jaberg: Networked Security? Phenomological reconstruction and critical reflection of a central concept in the White Paper 2006 , Leadership Academy of the Bundeswehr, SOW controvers 5, Hamburg 2009, ISSN  1612-1414 , pp. 7 ff