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To increase the policy relevance, new methods
would require moving towards the subnational level to capture and monitor threats to human security which are manifested locally.
relevant resources that inform policy responses. In other words, when research or projects on human security are developed on assumptions which are still based on traditional notions of security, how can they effectively contribute to the applicability of human security in practice? That said, it remains challenging to devise practices and policies that are consistent with human security principles without it being supericial. It needs to be highlighted in the international security discourse that this shift is essential to operationalise the concept, if it is going to effectively drive policy. To increase the policy relevance, new methods would require moving towards the subnational level to capture and monitor threats to human security which are manifested locally. It can be an important way
of ensuring that human security is meaningful beyond the global policy level and in academic circles.
As argued by some, human security is both a means and an end. Even with human security principles applied to methods and processes, it comes with its own challenges. Nevertheless, if applied consistently with its underlying principles, methodology can pave the way towards operationalising human security from a theoretical framework towards a practical approach.
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