Identify and explain any four new sources of threat to security. 

The new sources of threat to security:

 (i) Terrorism: It refers to political violence that targets civilians deliberately and discriminately.

 (ii) Health epidemics: Such as like HIV- AIDS, bird flu and SARS have rapidly spread across countries through migration, business, tourism and military operations. One country’s failure or success in limiting the spread of these diseases affects infections in other countries.

 (iii) Human Rights: While there is broad agreement on the classification, there is no agreement on which set of rights should be considered as universal human rights, nor what the international community should do when rights are being violated.

 (iv) Global poverty: Poverty in the South has also led to large-scale migration to seek a better life, especially better economic opportunities, in the North. This has created international political frictions.