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The range of possible threats and the social meaning of war have changed deeply in the past few years. In this new environment, we seem only able to formulate old strategies, modernized by technology. It is rather necessary to promote a concept of human security favoring the security of persons and communities rather than the interest of states. Such a concept cannot be dissociated from a development strategy, which also contributes to security.Mary Kaldor is Head of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is Head of the Groupe d’étude sur les capacités de sécurité européennes, founded on the request of Javier Solana, who has wrote the Barcelona Report, A Human Security Doctrine for Europe (2004).