Reimagining Botswana’s national security in light of Covid-19

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ID12337241
AutoresLawrence Ookeditse (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen29
Número3
Páginas267-279
Fecha de publicación2020-07-02
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrican Security Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1024-6029 • E-ISSN: 2154-0128
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10246029.2020.1806088
OpenAlexW3088155745
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas8

The Botswana national security complex is fashioned around traditional (military) threats to security. This is demonstrated through the National Security Act and also by the country's defense expenditure as a component of its GDP. Defense expenditure routinely takes the second largest share of GDP in Botswana. The outbreak of the novel Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-COV-2) or COVID-19, however, suggests a relook at Botswana's national security towards none traditional security threats- in this case pandemics. The case for this is made clear by the evidently poor readiness to deal with possible mass infections both from a health budgetary perspective, and the availability of medical personal and equipment. This paper argues for securitisation of health care in Botswana- especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is possible through diversion of a portion current defense spending towards health care

Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · National security · Outbreak · Pandemic · Political science · Social security · Global Security and Public Health · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Law · Medicine · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Virology

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