Introduction

The introduction sets the contextual framework for understanding the relevance of global security, its threats and concerns for the Caribbean. Unconventional security challenges commonly classified as "low politics” or "soft” issues are being recognized as "hard security” challenges in the twenty-first century. In fact, many of the supposed "new” threats addressed are old/long-standing: diseases, migration and refugees, human trafficking and crime, but deeply altered by globalization. Globalization increases the borderlessness of international relations, thereby redesigning and changing security issues in new and unanticipated ways. Compounding this situation is the recent COVID-19 pandemic which has been extremely disruptive within the global system. With dwindling support by the West towards non-Western countries and increasing insecurities, it becomes critical for the Caribbean region to advance its own path cognizant of its peculiarities. As such, the region must become proactive and seek ways of tackling these ʼnew' security threats or imminent ones. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.

Conclusion

Some policy conclusions and recommendations, geared toward Caribbean policy-makers, are made with the aim of capitalizing on the changing dynamics within the region. The research offers revisionist perspectives for policy-makers and technocrats within the English-speaking Caribbean. In the twenty-first century, the member states of the region have identified a number of shared security problems and have endorsed regional goals and approaches to address them;however, progress toward solutions has been slow. This book seeks to understand better the various approaches and framings of some security concerns at national and regional levels with a view to assessing efficiency. It is important to identify and proffer frameworks and approaches geared to better address some of these security challenges in the Caribbean region. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.