NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE AGE OF GLOBALISATION

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NATIONAL SECURITYIN THE AGE OF GLOBALISATION

• Conditions in the 21st Century
• National Security Today
• Risks and Dangers - Violence and War
• Search for a New World Order

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WORLD in CHANGE- the new trends -

• globalisation and interdependence increasing
• information and communication systems create a
  new public consciousness worldwide reactions
• scarceness of natural resources lead to intense
  competition, increase importance of science
  technology - education, research adaption of
• environmental concerns and impacts gain weight
• global interaction and growing entanglement of
  cultures create change in societies and
  structures
• instead of existential threats - instability
  risks

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ASPECTS OF GLOBALISATION
Worldwide Net of Communication Info - worldwide
availability of knowledge info -new chances to
influence world society
Economyworld trade inland market new
mobility of capital, goods, services
Society the world as global village -
migration the importance of cultures and
identities
Security threatened by new dangers - increase of
private violence - new wars - grey zone
security internal/ external - terrorism
Political reduced importance of the nation
states - deficiencies of the world order - open
insight into governance and markets
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Globalisation- uncertainties and open
questions -

• Demographic development and migration
• Management of information, communication and
  transport nets - access protection
• Economic boundlessness entanglement
• environmental risks their global local impact
• Request Availability of natural ressources (
  raw materials, energy, water, etc. )

- Lack of consistent understanding solutions -
Lack of vision for necessary structures - role of
the state - How to link markets and societies ? -
How to secure this world against risks dangers ?
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Globalisation 2008

• economic globalization rated as chance to draw up
  in East - and South Asia, skepticism in many
  other areas fear of cultural erosion and
  political tutelage
• information, communication transport are key
  areas for the dynamics of further globalisation
• pressure towards more efficiency (good
  governance), democratic structures, observance of
  human rights
• trends towards a one - world society world
  market
• New constellation of powers becomes apparent
• Transnational cooperation and global governance
  -survival conditions for the future

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National Security in Our Times

• state of controlling risks and dangers
• national security closely linked with social,
  internal and economic security/stability
• cultural influence on stability and security
• new non governmental actors in regional and
  global activities produce new opportunities and
  conflicts
• spreading violence by worldwide linking - up
• world order inadequate for the new challenges and
  the complicated relations and possibilities of
  new and old players on the world stage

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RISKS DANGERS

• Political instability - failed states - bad
  governance
• ethnic/cultural/religious controversies over
  values, norms and order, power and influence
• Risks dangers of private (non-state) nature -
  terror - organized crime - weak authorities
• high poor/rich gradient - social tensions
  authoritarian regimes - rigid suppression
• traditional conflicts about territorial questions
  and interests controversies, resources
• proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

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NEW WARS

• increasing asymmetries between conflict parties
• unique capabilities of the USA for intervention
• show of force by new regional powers
• failed states - growing autonomy of organizations
  capable of using force - increase in violence
• decrease of traditional wars between states -
  increase of civil wars between groups
  (ethnic/religious)
• privatization of force - rules and limitations
  not respected - warlord system piracy
• terrorism and the use of the media

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Violent Controversies

• Societies in change weakness of values, norms,
  traditions-missing ties orientation
• Decline of traditional authorities - upcoming of
  new actors elites
• Failure of the European model of nation state in
  parts of theThird World
• Increase of private and economically inspired
  violence enhanced by ideologies
• Clandestine open interventions

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CONFLICT - SCHEME
Prevention
Conflict- management
Peace- enforcement
War - organized violence
Crisis open violence
Armistice deescalation
Conflict hidden-open
Reform
Peace
New peaceful order
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PREVENTION

• Operational to prevent escalation
• early warning
• mediation in-time dialogue solution
• economic measures sanctionsincentives
• military measures securitydeterrence

• Structuralwork at causes
• justice and rights between in states
• well-being poverty, social justice, political
  participation etc
• security for states, groups individuals

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21st Century and the Military

• Increasing probability of violent conflicts
• appearance of wars is changing (span from
  high-tech-wars to archaic eruption of violence)
• Basic nature of military forces will not change.
  Political instrumentation and the spectrum of
  engagements will vary and find new forms
• Overlapping tasks between military, police,
  public, humanitarian and reconstruction services
• Europes ability to influence the new world order
  dependant on capabilities for crisis management
  

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Intervention - Nation Building
Political Stability structures - institutions
Civil Infrastructure social coherence
Military Police Security
Nation Building
Overcoming Poverty functioning economy
- prohibit violence/disarm adversaries/control
border crossing - Built - up of indigeneous state
security forces - fight rebellion, group forces,
- war on terror - protect minorities, fight
criminal elements
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Conclusions

• World in change leads to new basic and structural
  challenges, vulnerabilities, risks and dangers
• Growing interdependence of states, societies and
  economies - increase of non-state violence
• Existing system of political, economic, social
  environmental world order inadequate to cope with
  the problems - solutions by transnational
  cooperation
• Security to achieve by a combination of
  political, economic, social and military measures
• New rules for intervention necessary