TRANSACTIONAL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS OF SECURITY DEFINING HIERARCHIES
TRANSACTIONAL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS OF SECURITY DEFINING HIERARCHIES

Summary/Abstract: Analyzing a set of punctual cases from the world modern history we highlight that states behave differently according to their international status on a certain security relationship. We also noticed a gap in the theory of security studies: the lack of a proper definition of security status of states. Therefore this article aims to ring a bell for the need to clarify a few overused but theoretically neglected concepts of the security studies. From here we aim to emphasis the importance of a clearer definition of concepts such as security producer and security consumer trying to identify theoretical criteria that allow a proper conceptual delimitation.

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