ABSTRACT This article uses the case of Zimbabwe to explore how militarisation endangers both human and state security. While militarisation in Zimbabwe manifested itself in several ways, this study focuses on prioritising military solutions to most of the real or perceived security problems in the country between 2000 and 2008. Using data collected through review of available literature and interviews with officials in the public and private sectors, the article argues that the military-style operations were a threat to order and national security in both the short term and long run because they undermined human security. This is the case despite the fact that the military-style operations, similar to other manifestations of militarisation in Zimbabwe, were mooted and implemented framed in human and state security discourses. The article concludes that the prioritisation of military solutions to every security problem works to safeguard the governing elite but worsens instead of addressing the citizens’ problems with far-reaching implications for human and state security. For human security to be realised, Zimbabwe needs to discontinue militarised governance and capacitate responsible government ministries and departments.

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当军事化危及人类和国家安全时：津巴布韦的经验，2000-2008

摘要 本文以津巴布韦为例，探讨军事化如何危害人类和国家安全。虽然津巴布韦的军事化以多种方式表现出来，但本研究侧重于优先考虑军事解决方案，以解决 2000 年至 2008 年期间该国大多数实际或感知的安全问题。私营部门，文章认为，军事式行动在短期和长期都对秩序和国家安全构成威胁，因为它们破坏了人类安全。尽管类似于津巴布韦其他军事化表现的军事式行动是在人类和国家安全话语中提出和实施的，但情况仍然如此。文章的结论是，优先解决所有安全问题的军事解决方案有助于保护统治精英，但会恶化而不是解决公民问题，对人类和国家安全产生深远影响。为了实现人类安全，津巴布韦需要停止军事化治理，并赋予负责任的政府部委和部门权力。