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Shared Security: A New Era in Peacebuilding?
Worldwide, people are separated in the name of ‘national security’. Many miles of walls and barbed wire, all meant to keep out 'the other'. But all this comes at a cost: not only trillions in steel and stone, but also at the cost of our shared humanity.
But now, a new era of peacebuilding is on the horizon. Inspired by those who refuse to identify particular groups or demographics as threats to others. A group of nonconformists with one goal: to redefine security in an inclusive and egalitarian way.
For a new Peace Corner podcast episode, we spoke to one of those peacebuilders, seeking ways to reframe our security as a shared responsibility. Kerri Kennedy is the Associate General Secretary for International Programs at AFSC. We asked her: What makes us secure? And how can we reshape our security in a way that it is inclusive and shared?
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