CURRENT THREATS TO WORLD SECURITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-189
Author(s):  
Viliam PASTOR
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Rapid Evolution ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Global Security ◽  
Nuclear Threat ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
Military Science ◽  
Security Environment

Abstract: Each historical era corresponded to a certain type of technological revolution that produced transformations both in terms of the theory of military science and in the field of strategies, techniques, tactics and procedures for preparing and conducting the phenomenon of war. Thus, the beginning of the 21st century has been marked by major transformations of the global security environment, an environment conducive to hybrid dangers and threats that can seriously affect contemporary human society. Moreover, migration, terrorism, organized crime, the nuclear threat and pandemics are and will remain the main sources of global insecurity and major threats to global security. The persistence and rapid evolution of these phenomena motivate us to investigate the field, to analyze the sources of instability that seriously threaten the security of the human evolutionary environment and to present to the informed public a study of current threats to global security.

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY – 16 YEARS AFTER 9/11 2001

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 910-914
Author(s):  
Raluca Iulia Iulian
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
International Terrorism ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
Islamic Terrorism ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Over Time

After the end of the Cold War, the new European and global security environment has undergone profound changes. In the new security environment, international terrorism represents one of the main threats at a global level, the others being the proliferation of chemical, atomic, and bacteriological weapons of destruction and organized crime. Terrorism is difficult to define. Although it is an important issue today, there is no unanimously accepted scientific definition. There have been numerous attempts to define terrorism that complement each other. The paper focuses on Islamic terrorism which has undergone a certain evolution over time and has proliferated in recent years. Nowadays, it has some particularities which will be presented in the paper; they reflect the specificity of this phenomenon with a view to understanding its origin, the purposes, and its consequences. Samuel P. Huntington’s theory of the Clash of Civilization and Eric Neumayer and Thomas Plümper’s theory of the Strategic Logic of International Terrorism provide useful explanations. The aim of the paper is to examine the evolution of this phenomenon after 9/11 2001, which represents a turning point in the evolution of international terrorism.

scholarly journals The Impact of Globalization on the Security Environment

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Ionuț Alin Cîrdei
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Complex Phenomenon ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Collective Security ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Globalization is a particularly complex phenomenon that marked the twentieth century and the beginning of the 21st century, bringing about transformations at the level of the entire human society. This phenomenon produces profound, and sometimes irreversible, changes in all areas and imposes an alert rhythm for the existence of all mankind, which must keep pace with globalization in order to maintain its chances of development in an increasingly competitive world. In the last decades, we witness the manifestation of the effects of globalization in the field of individual and collective security, with great implications on the relations between different actors of the security environment. Globalization creates new opportunities, but at the same time it gives rise to new vulnerabilities and allows the emergence of new threats that, once materialized, can have a major impact at a regional or even global level.

The Evolved Security Dynamics of South Asia: Challenges to Pakistan’s Nuclear Threshold

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (Summer 2020) ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
Haris Bilal Malik ◽  
Muhammad Abbas Hassan
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Threshold Level ◽  
Security Architecture ◽  
Unresolved Issue ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Global Security ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
Military Modernization

The longstanding unresolved issue of Kashmir serves as a nuclear flashpoint between India and Pakistan. Since 2019, the prevalent security environment of the region has dominated the discourse surrounding the regional and global security architecture. India’s policies during the Pulwama-Balakot crisis and the revocation of Kashmir’s constitutional status demonstrate the country’s intentions of dominating the escalation ladder in the region and marginalizing the muslim community of Kashmir. Because of the conventional disparity in South Asia where India is big interms of size, economy and military build-up, Pakistan has been further threatened by India’s aggressive policies and provocative military modernization. Consequently, Pakistan may be compelled to further revisit its nuclear threshold level to overcome India’s aggression.

Critical Role of Global and Culturally Responsive Leadership for Higher Education in the 21st-Century

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Archer ◽  
Yuqian Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Global Leadership ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
Culturally Responsive Leadership ◽  
Leadership Curriculum

“We are on the precipice of an epoch,” in which 21st century organizations are facing a complex, competitive landscape driven largely by globalization and the technological revolution (Hitt, 1998, p. 218). As such, Bikson, Treverton, Moini and Lindstrom (2003) have urged universities to develop a global leadership curriculum, based on their prediction of a future shortage of global leaders in all sectors. This essay examines the critical role of global and culturally responsive leadership for graduates of higher education institutions.

scholarly journals Impact of the World’s New Technological Revolution on Economic Development and Educational Reform in the Information Age

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 207-216
Author(s):  
Feng Cao
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Educational Reform ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Important Impact

The fourth industrial revolution of human society is also known as the “world’s new technological revolution,” which has brought human society into the information age and has had an extremely important impact on economic development and educational reform. In the information age, economic development and wealth creation are dominated by the acquisition, mastery, distribution, and utilization of information instead of capital. Therefore, the cultivation of talents is very important, and educational reform is imperative with the rise of the world’s new technological revolution.

scholarly journals Air Transport Terrorism: One of the most Feared Types of Asymmetric Security Threat

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-239
Author(s):  
Radoslav IVANČÍK ◽  
Pavel NEČAS
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
Security Science

This paper presents the ongoing research and, deals, in the framework of interdisciplinary scientific research, with various military and non-military threats and their negative impact on the security of contemporary human society. In this research, the authors point out the continuous deterioration of the global and regional security environment and the growth of symmetric and asymmetric security threats with focus on the air transport, and the resulting negative consequences for the security of the states and their citizens. In order to contribute to the development of security science, the authors examine the issues of terrorism as an asymmetric security threat, focusing in particular on terrorism and terrorist activities of the air transport and measures taken to eliminate terrorism in the airspace.

The future of African security

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Emerson ◽  
Hussein Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Security System ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
Global Security ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Unstable States

Africa is a security environment fraught with many dangers, but one too that presents great opportunities for addressing the most pressing global—and not just African—challenges. With more than its share of fragile, unstable states, impoverished societies, and endemic conflict, the continent was once seen almost exclusively as an incubator of instability and insecurity; a venue for addressing rising challenges and an exporter of global security threats. But this is no longer the case. Africa, like everywhere else in the world, is becoming increasingly integrated into a globalized security system, whereby Africans are just as vulnerable to threats emanating from outside the continent as they are from home-grown ones. Thus, Africa—and what happens there—matters more than ever. Simply ignoring it and hoping for the best through a policy of containment and isolation is not a viable option in today’s globalized and interdependent world.

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