THE RESILIENCE STAGE OF SECURITY AND THE IMPACT ON THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE NATION-STATE. POST-WESTPHALIAN LOGIC
THE RESILIENCE STAGE OF SECURITY AND THE IMPACT ON THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE NATION-STATE. POST-WESTPHALIAN LOGIC

Summary/Abstract: It becomes obvious that for sovereignty to regain its position as the focus of security it has to be redefined in relation to "classic" sovereignty, grafted on the concepts of Westphalian logic, and reality proves that even the criteria of belonging to a state have changed. The hypothesis of the article is that in the period of time that has elapsed since the Peace of Westphalia until now, security has been and will remain indivisible and has experienced two phases, each of them consisting of several stages: the Westphalian phase, in which security is focused on the nation state, on its sovereignty and independence, with its related repetitive stages (tension, détente, preemption) and the post-Westphalian phase, very similar in forms of manifestation with the pre-Westphalian phase, in which the security places a greater emphasis on the citizens and in which sovereignty becomes limited or assisted, with the following stages: détente, preemption, resilience. The nation-state, with its core attributes - sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence - is situated in an outdated Westphalian logic, its inhabitants being rather witnesses to its avatars. The nation-state is undergoing a process of change in content and relevance at the actional level, in which its fundamental attributes are modified. Security, in the resilience stage, increases pressure on the state, which is on the verge of redefining its functional needs.

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