HOW COMPREHENSIVE CAN SECURITY BE? A THEORETICAL APPROACH
HOW COMPREHENSIVE CAN SECURITY BE? A THEORETICAL APPROACH

Author(s): Alexandra SARCINSCHI
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: comprehensive security; comprehensive approach; security perception; security social representation;
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to answer the question of "How comprehensive can security be?" as the last decade has been marked by the abundant use of this concept with or without practical coverage. For this, I will review some of the most representative theories and strategies on the comprehensive security concept, from the national level to the one of the main international organizations in European and Euro-Atlantic area, highlighting both strengths and weaknesses of each approach. Also, I will make some recommendations on broadening not the security agenda, as it was done before, but the framework for analyzing security, as“comprehensive” being more than “broad” and having the connotation of “understanding the nature of security”.

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