Population Growth and Global Security

“Security” parallels “health” in that it is commonly defined as the absence of its negation, “illness”. In fact, the concept of security challenges any attempt to be objectively apprehended, except as an absence of insecurity. Illness, however, can be identified wherever and whenever by sets of visible symptoms that are indicators of regularities, usually bringing forth the same effects. This is not the case of “insecurity” which partakes to a feeling, and is a matter of subjective appreciation. The concept stands as an evaluation of conditions and not as unfailing conditions. These have probable results whose probability cannot be computed, as they change with the subject while depending on the context. As is the case, individuals, state or society, can perceive an occurrence or a situation as likely to endanger order and value. Talking, therefore, of security, is basically envisaging its antonym “insecurity”.