3D Security: Development, Diplomacy, Defense

Posted August 29th, 2007 by Lisa.Schirch
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  • U.S. Security Requires a Diverse
    Toolbox.
    The 9/11 Commission and 2006 U.S. National Security Strategy identify
    development assistance, diplomacy, and defense as three pillars of
    security.

  • Development and Diplomacy are Cost-Effective
    Security Measures.     The international affairs budget is an
    important investment in global security. Working with international
    organizations to support peacekeeping, poverty eradication, disease
    prevention, environmental protection, and slowing the proliferation of
    weapons help boost international security, reduce the need for U.S. military intervention, and make America
    safer in the long run.

  • Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Work: Due in large part to the
    upsurge in conflict prevention and peacebuilding programs by the U.N. and
    nongovernmental organizations, serious conflicts and mass killings have
    declined by 80 per cent since the early 1990s.

  • Security
    grows from the ground up.
    Security grows from community based organizations working to build bridges
    across ethnic and religious lines. It comes from employment generation
    projects that keep young men from joining the militias and insurgency. And
    security requires military and police forces to work in partnership and
    consultation with community leaders.