Much ado about little: the EU and human security.

The article discusses the European Security and Defense Policy in relation to the emerging "human security" paradigm, an alternative to the traditional concept of national security. Human security prioritizes the welfare of individuals over that of the state, and is proposed as a more ethical basis for security policy. Topics discussed in the article include the nature of war in the post-Cold War and "post-national" era, the evolving military and foreign policy of the European Union, and the role of the United Nations and NATO.