1、Unlimited Distribution June 2021 CCP-2021-U-030031-Final Copyright CNA 2021 3003 Washington Boulevard,Arlington,VA 22201|703-824-2000|a.org Rapporteur:Annaleah Westerhaug On June 17,2021,CNA held its fourth Inclusive National Security event(InclusiveNatSec on Twitter).This initiative provides a foru
2、m for discussions on inclusive national security.This months event(recording here)“Deconstructing National Security”explored the question,Can the discipline of national security overcome its structural biases?The keynote speaker was Dr.Meera Sabaratnam,Senior Lecturer(Associate Professor)in Internat
3、ional Relations at SOAS University of London.Dr.Sabaratnams research interrogates colonial and postcolonial dynamics in world politics at the levels of theory and practice,particularly in the fields of development,security,and war.The event moderator was Dr.Asl Bli,Professor of Law at the UCLA Schoo
4、l of Law and also Faculty Director of the Promise Institute for Human Rights.Below are some takeaways from the discussion.Reflections from Dr.Meera Sabaratnam:The origins of the US and its conception of national security are rooted in a racist past that relied on racial hierarchies.We need to interr