Blog #10: Threats

In my opinion, a threat is constituted as a harmful act that has the potential to create chaos and jeopardize a certain harmonious pattern of living. However, this definition could mean a multitude of different things to different nations, and certainly to different individuals. A global threat is much more general and inclusive than a national threat because just as nations have different opinions of what constitutes a threat, nations also have different priorities, strengths, and shortcomings. These could be anything from resources, to capabilities and depend on the economic and ethnic makeup of its citizens. Therefore, I believe the greatest threat to global peace and security is our lack of co-operation due to our lack of communication.

I think that our lack of communication is generally an umbrella for many other issues that could also threaten global order. For example, as states earlier, nations have varying capabilities and even certain advantages because of geographic location, and schools of thought. In an ideal world, we would utilize these abilities in order to solve climate, poverty, and resource-based problems or at least we could begin to try and solve these problems. Unfortunately, nations do not communicate effectively. Thus, if we were to collectively experience some sort of disaster, which required immediate action, we would lack an effective means of communication. Sure, each nation has its own procedures, but it is perplexing as to why we have never had a system inclusive of multiple nations I began to really think about this issue when Sarah brought up the possibility of having a “global phone tree.” I actually think this idea would be useful and effective. Although international organizations allow for global communication, it is not their primary goal. The lack of global communication is such a threat to the world because it could aid in virtually any specific type of crisis, and it is a vulnerable aspect of our global order.