Sub-state Governments as Rising International Actors. The Case of Human Security .......... 211

Abstract

The aim of this article is to go beyond a state-centric perspective in secu ­ rity/development studies and to present sub-state governments as rising political actors in international affairs who are able to provide human security in developing countries. To this end, this article presents how sub-state governments reach this target through non-military means, specifically through the instruments and mechanisms of development assistance policy. The analyzed sub-state governments were limited geographically to the cases from the European Union. This limitation is necessary for methodological purposes - the EU as a non-state and to some extent supranational organization provides an institutional and political support for sub-state governments ’ involvement in international issues, allowing to bypass central governments. This article derives from the assumption that human security is strongly correlated with devel ­ opment assistance, following the logic of the UN Report on Human Security of 1994. Despite the fact that little has been written on sub ­ state governments ’ activity in development policy/human security, they are active in all dimensions of human security.