The most important factor of all of these is that of security and followed by goods and services. I would also add that a crucial factor that may be buried in the definition, but not readily apparent is the rapidly emerging issue of lack of reliable access to water. Security is paramount, and if a state cannot protect itself externally and internally and provide adequate security for its citizens, it opens up the state to discord. The Responsibility to Protect is of such importance that the United Nations even recognized it as an important factor by enacting U.N. Resolution 1674 promulgated in
The most important factor of all of these is that of security and followed by goods and services. I would also add that a crucial factor that may be buried in the definition, but not readily apparent is the rapidly emerging issue of lack of reliable access to water. Security is paramount, and if a state cannot protect itself externally and internally and provide adequate security for its citizens, it opens up the state to discord. The Responsibility to Protect is of such importance that the United Nations even recognized it as an important factor by enacting U.N. Resolution 1674 promulgated in