International Security
Security Studies
A sub-discipline of International Relations (IR). The main objective is the survival of the actors.
Security
Definition
In narrow, security is protecting states structures, both territorial and
institutional.
In broad, security is protecting cherished values, such as ideology.
Practically, the definition depends on the interpretation of actors.
Dimensions
Security has various dimensions.
- Military (e.g. Ukraine-Russia and Japan-China)
- Regime (e.g. Syria, Iraq)
- Society (e.g. genocide in former Yugoslavia, Rwanda)
- Human (e.g. Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, and Iraq)
- Environmental (e.g. global warming, food shortage in the future)
Threats
Threats change by the time.
- The evolution of modern warware
- International arms trade
- Nuclear
- Terrorism
- Humanitarian interventions
