International Security
International Security: "As is discussed in chapter 4, clashes between different cultures strongly affect international security; thus, it makes sense to study cultural communities as independent entities. Cultural communities whose way of life is under threat need different kinds of protection to state entities, while violence perpetrated by members of cultural communities poses a different set of challenges to state aggression. Promoting better understanding and cooperation between cultures and civilizations (transcivilizational synergy) in turn will significantly enhance long-term global security." (THE THREE PILLARS OF SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL SECURITY IN A TRANSNATIONAL WORLD by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, pages 115 – 116)
"Instant connectivity refers to the notion that due to new ICT, such as the Internet and satellite television, information can be exchanged and spread among the most far-flung corners of the world within minutes. This fundamentally changes international relations. In particular, governments are no longer in full control of information that can affect national and international security or diplomatic relationships between states. Instead, they often find themselves in a position where they have to react to information spread by news agencies. Symbiotic realism attempts to account for the relative decline in the power of states as the determining agents of international interactions. The theory sees states as only one part of the multiplicity of actors setting the global agenda today." (THE THREE PILLARS OF SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL SECURITY IN A TRANSNATIONAL WORLD by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 122)
"In short, the Transnational Symbiotic Realism Group ensures that the state pursues its national security interests by staying in constant dialogue with other states, based on the consideration that only mutual support of each others’ security interests will improve the international security environment, and with it the security of the individual state." (THE THREE PILLARS OF SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL SECURITY IN A TRANSNATIONAL WORLD by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 140)
International security Discussion
International Security discussion: "considering the fact that promoting international security today needs to be a key ingredient in, and often is identical with, enhancing a state’s national security, the concept of national security needs to be adjusted to take account of the new geopolitical circumstances of the 21st century." (NEO-STATECRAFT AND META-GEOPOLITICS: Reconciliation of Power, Interests and Justice in the 21st Century by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, pages 125-126)
"A just intervention undertaken to save human lives and remove a threat to international security caused by a failed state has to have an outcome that guarantees peace and security inside the state. In fact, this principle also applies to post-war situations in wars that have been fought “justly” against an aggressor state." (NEO-STATECRAFT AND META-GEOPOLITICS: Reconciliation of Power, Interests and Justice in the 21st Century by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 160)
Key Paragraphs
Geostrategy, Geopolitics, Human Nature, International Relations, Conflict Theory, International Security, Global Security, National Security, Altruism, Globalization, Global Justice, Political Justice, Political Theory, Moral Philosophy, Social Theory, Neurophilosophy, Philosophy of History, Diplomacy, Existentialism, History of Ideas, Statecraft, Theory of Knowledge, Political Philosophy, Human Civilization, Dignity, Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Innate Knowledge, Philosophical Approach, Multilateralism, Neorealism, Transcultural, National Security