Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Security

The article outlines reasons for the significant increase of the hazard posed by weapons of mass destruction in the current decade. Despite the international community’s efforts made throughout the years, it has not been possible to eliminate them, significantly lower their arsenal or prevent their building or transfer. What has increased is the importance of weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear ones, as a force factor in international relations. This tendency will probably continue in the foreseeable future. Therefore, the article focuses on explaining the mechanisms of this process and its connections with numerous events and facts influencing international security. Special significance is ascribed to a precise estimation of the risk posed by weapons of mass destruction and determination of its hierarchy. Moreover, the article presents the forms and methods of the activities undertaken by countries and international organisations regarding the prevention of proliferation (via disarmament treaties and informal forums) and assesses their effectiveness.

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International terrorism as a political phenomenon. Problems of counteraction

Naukovyy Visnyk Dnipropetrovs kogo Derzhavnogo Universytety Vnutrishnikh Sprav ◽

10.31733/2078-3566-2021-1-42-48 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 42-48

Author(s):

Iryna Alekseenko

Keyword(s):

International Relations ◽

National Security ◽

International Security ◽

Legal Regulation ◽

The State ◽

International Terrorism ◽

Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽

Mass Destruction ◽

Basic Principles ◽

Legal Development

One of the main features of international political and legal development is the unresolved problem of national security of the state and international security. This is particularly relevant in the current globalized environment, when the economy, informatization and democratization of international relations create unprecedented opportunities for development, but at the same time increase the vulnerability of the system to terrorism, the use of weapons of mass destruction, etc. Scientists of our time are faced with urgent tasks, the solution of which allows the study of the problems of state creation, especially such important determinants of this process as legal regulation in the field of national and international security of the state in the context of globalization. Proceeding from this,scientific researches in this context, in which the basic principles of organization of national and international security are systematically revealed, are expedient and timely

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6. Strategic Culture

Strategy in the Contemporary World ◽

10.1093/hepl/9780198807100.003.0006 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 89-107

Author(s):

Jeffrey S. Lantis ◽

Darryl Howlett

Keyword(s):

Political Culture ◽

Security Policy ◽

International Security ◽

Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽

Strategic Culture ◽

Mass Destruction ◽

State Behaviour ◽

The Relationship ◽

Theoretical Issues

This chapter discusses the ways that strategic culture can be relevant to scholarship and policymaking with regard to international security. It first provides an overview of three main approaches to the study of culture and strategy, paying attention to political culture as well as the relationship between strategic culture and nuclear deterrence. It then examines various sources of strategic culture identified in the literature, along with theoretical issues related to strategic culture. In particular, it explores the link between constructivism and strategic culture, the question of continuity in state behaviour and how strategic cultural dilemmas can cause changes in security policy, and the ‘keepers’ of strategic culture. The chapter also asks whether non-state, state, and multistate actors can possess distinctive strategic cultures before concluding with an analysis of the role of strategic culture in the acquisition of — and threats to use — weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).

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