GLOBAL SECURITY: TRENDS AND ISSUES

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1. Introduction
2. Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks of Global Security
3. Structure of Global Power and Global Security
4. Terrorism and Global Security
5. Energy and Global Security
6. Climate Change and Global Security
7. Pandemic and Global security
8. Outlooks for Global Security in the Coming Decades
9. Conclusions

GLOBAL SECURITY: TRENDS AND ISSUES

Author: Abdur Rob khan

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2010v31n4a2

ABSTRACT

The concept of Global Security was viewed during Cold War era as an extension of national security of the Super Powers. But the momentous changes in the post-Cold War era, more so in the post-9/11 period, have made the concept truly global in the sense sources of threats to security have multiple referents originating from multiple sources. The premises and propositions of Realist paradigm have been questioned and the locale of decision making on issues of national security has shifted beyond the borders. Security discourses have also transcended the traditional-non-traditional binaries because often traditional security is challenged by non-traditional sources and vice versa. Newer insecurities are emerging and older insecurities are recurring,at times,with unprecedented scale and intensities. Comprehending these insecurities need global integrative approaches which are visible on the horizon. Global community’s capacity of dealing with these insecurities of global proportion will depend on what shape the structure of power relations take in future. For all practical purposes, the global structure of power relations will continue to be a mix of uni polarity and multi polarity but newer sources of rivalry and competition are creeping into the system. Stability of the international system will be contingent on whether the ongoing Great Power understanding and cooperation continues to hold ground.

BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

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