Globalization has exacerbated threats to human security, intensifying previously existing threats and more rapidly spreading newly emerging threats. It is therefore urgent that public policies keep up with these accelerating threats because it is clear that existing systems and protection mechanisms are fast becoming inadequate. These threats to human security are many and may include: human mobility; global health; global crime; unstable financial markets; labor market instabilities; and poverty, conflict and development. Because human security implies freedom from hunger, disease, crime and repression, it cannot be achieved in the absence of strong domestic and global awareness and good governance at all levels.