Abstract
Website on Vinculum Security: https://vinculumsecurity.kidnexus.or.ke/
Vinculum Security holds that true security is not simply the absence of threat to a state or a person. It is the presence and strength of the relational bonds between people, communities, and generations that make protection, dignity, and peace possible in the first place. The doctrine draws on eleven established frameworks, including human security, political realism, and the Responsibility to Protect. It grounds its central idea in two independent philosophical traditions: Ubuntu and Confucian Role Ethics. It sets out clear rules for scoring bonds, states plainly what evidence would prove it wrong, and applies its framework openly to eight documented cases, including Northern Ireland, Colombia, Rwanda, South Africa, and the ongoing climate displacement facing Tuvalu and Kiribati.
Supplementary materials
Title
Vinculum Security Handbook
Description
Vinculum Diplomacy is the companion handbook that puts the doctrine into practice. It gives diplomats a clear method for reading relationships before, during, and after negotiation. It is honest about how the practice can be misused, including using talk of relationships as an excuse to delay accountability.
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