Note: [+] This article is drawn by the author from the report of the Common Security 2022 initiative launched on 21 April 2022. The text has been slightly edited but not changed in substance. The Common Security 2022 addresses the larger dimensions of global security wherein environmental security and future is an integral part. It holds ideational significance as it has come just prior to the Stockholm+50 Conference to be held on 2–3 June 202.2 – Editor-in-Chief.
Abstract: The year 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of Olof Palme’s Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues. The Commission presented its report in 1982, at the height of the Cold War. It developed the concept of common security – the idea that nations and peoples can only feel safe when their counterparts feel safe. By taking the concept of common security as its starting point, the Common Security 2022 initiative has analysed the world we live in and some of the great challenges facing humanity on the planet earth. At the time of 50th anniversary of the 1972 Stockholm Conference (Stockholm+50), the Common Security 2022 recommendations are indications, or steps forward for our shared future that would include addressing the climate change, a process of removing the threat of nuclear annihilation and turning around the ‘super tanker’ of war.
Keywords: Common security, human security, conflict prevention, climate-related security risks, nuclear disarmament, demilitarization, new military technologies, global architecture for peace, new peace dividend, multilateralism, development
