Benedetta Berti: Did the global response to 9/11 make us safer?
Бенедета Берти: Направи ли ни световният отговор на атаката от 11 септември по-сигурни?
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of those tragic events
събититя,
both in Europe and in the United States,
в Европа и САЩ,
in the field of security and defense,
в областта на сигурността и отбраната.
that now, more than ever,
повече от всякога,
the way we think and act about security,
на начина, по които мислим и действаме за сигурността,
about international security.
имам предвид какво правим,
I actually mean what we do,
and prevent external threats,
и да предотвратят външни заплахи,
in the name of security.
в името на сигурността.
against the fixed narrative
на стигмата,
and worse, it is counterproductive.
дори по-лошо, контрапродуктивен.
talk about security in zero sum terms,
трябва да говорим като нулева сума,
is by compromising on values and rights:
е с компромис на ценностите и правата:
are not opposite values,
не са срещуположни ценности,
and to be free from violence,
и да е свободен от насилие.
for its citizens.
на нейните граждани.
about communities all over the world
за общностите по целия свят,
their full freedom and development.
пълна свобода и развитие.
just as much as we do
толкова колкото и ние
so they can live a normal life
за да живеят нормален живот.
enjoy their human rights.
that sustainable security
устойчивата сигурност
and respecting human rights.
to guarantee our own security
да гарантираме нашата сигурност
almost exclusively on the military.
оповаваме почти напълно на армията.
with my research,
моите изследвания,
sustainable security
на устойчива сигурност
with crushing enemies,
с пречупването на враговете,
with winning on the battlefield,
с печеленето на бойното поле
with protecting victims
със защитата на жертвите
the never-ending War on Terror,
безкрайната Война на терора
with a security agenda
с дневен ред за сигурност,
of protecting civilians,
за защита на цивилните,
what passport they hold,
какъв паспорт притежават
that we're more likely
че е по-вероятно ние
at home for ourselves
вкъщи за самите нас,
on protecting civilians
в чужбина да защитим цивилните
in dignity and free from violence.
с достойнсто и освободени от насилие.
that defeating ISIS
че обезвреждането на ИДИЛ
political system,
политическа система,
of civilians in Iraq and in Syria,
на гражданите в Ирак и Сирия,
and for global stability.
и глобалната стабилност.
in the number of weapons it holds
смята с броя на оръжията, които притежава,
it has kept out of school
е извадила от училище
of having millions of children in Syria
план на милиони сирийски деца,
and out of school,
threat to stability
заплаха за стабилността
взети заедно.
and just as much energy to counter this
и също толкова услия да преодолеем това
when countering ISIS militarily.
с война.
our security policy has been short-term.
нашата политика за сигурност е краткосрочна.
the link between what we do today
връзката между това, което правим днес
not more secure in the long term.
а не повече сигурни в дългосрочен план.
гражданите сигурност
in the long term.
в дългосрочен план.
in faraway countries may be a tool.
в отдалечени страни може да е средство.
or to lessen the threat
или намаляване на заплахата
on the United States.
trauma and radicalization,
травма и радикализация.
of so many of the security challenges
на много от предизвикателствата пред сигурността,
in the long term.
в дългосрочен план.
civilian-centered security,
гражданите сигурност.
and research around this concept,
и изследването на тази концепция
to peace and conflict.
not to think about international security.
да не мислим за международната сигурност.
of the past 20 years.
последните 20 години.
and acknowledge the fact
builds on a foundation of human rights.
се основава на правата на човека.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Benedetta Berti - Conflict and security researcherBenedetta Berti studies how conflicts impact civilians.
Why you should listen
Benedetta Berti is an expert on the role of armed groups and the future of armed conflict, especially in the Middle East. She has spent over a decade researching non-state armed groups, from terrorists to insurgents to militias, and has worked with governments, international organizations and NGOs to offer new approaches to better understand and tackle modern conflict. As a security and humanitarian consultant, Berti has designed disarmament campaigns; conducted trainings of counter-insurgency and protection of civilians; worked on violence prevention; and assisted humanitarian organizations on issues related to gaining access to war-torn areas. She has conducted research and worked across the globe -- from Central and Latin America to the Middle East, and from the United States to Eastern Africa -- and has focused her work on some of the world's most complex conflicts, from Syria, to Iraq, to Gaza, to Burundi.
Berti has written four books, and her writing has appeared in Foreign Policy and Foreign Affairs.
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