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Question
Why is HIV/AIDS considered to be a non-traditional security issue?
Options
HIV/AIDS is a newly emergent disease that did not exist until relatively late in the 20th century.
III health can threaten the state indirectly, but can also be a threat to other referent objects such as the economy.
The overwhelming scale of HIV/AIDS requires a new approach in order to theorize its impact on security.
None of the above - HIV/AIDS is better defined as a traditional security issue.
Solution
III health can threaten the state indirectly, but can also be a threat to other referent objects such as the economy.
Explanation:
HIV/AIDS, like many diseases, can arguably endanger the state (the referent point of traditional security studies approaches), but it can also endanger other referent objects, such as the individual or the economy (by undermining the labour force). Using the individual as the referent point for security studies is a novel approach, and when considering HIV/AIDS, we must also consider a variety of other novel security issues, such as economic insecurity and gender. This example demonstrates how security approaches and issues overlap, prompting us to consider a variety of different (traditional and non-traditional) areas.