National Security
National Security: "It is our belief that national security is no longer simply national but also transnational and transcultural in its scope, and globalization has a significant role to play in the development of security and strategic agendas at all levels. National borders delineating separations between states and national economies, as well as linguistic, cultural, and legal norms, are less distinct than they once were. Security is no longer a zero-sum game and therefore all countries and cultures are dependent on one another in the pursuit of true global security." (THE GEOPOLITICAL AND GEOSECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBALIZATION edited by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 11)
"National security is understood in relation to the more traditional economic, societal (state population), political, and military dimensions of national-security considerations." (THE GEOPOLITICAL AND GEOSECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBALIZATION edited by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 17)
"Thus, we proposed a new, alternative security principle, which we support as the means to achieving true global security for all nations and all cultures. Our principle is termed the “justice-based penta-security principle,” which states: “In a globalized world, security can no longer be thought of as a zero-sum game involving states alone. Global security is a pentagon of human, environmental, national, transnational, and transcultural security, and global security and the security of any one state or culture cannot, therefore, be achieved without good governance (domestic and global) that guarantees security through justice for all individuals, states, and cultures.” In this pursuit, global security can be achieved and further, can be maintained." (THE GEOPOLITICAL AND GEOSECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBALIZATION edited by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 308)
"This book developed out of a desire to provide a comprehensive review of the impact that globalization is having on international and national security." (PILLARS OF GLOBALIZATION by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, et al., page 12)
"Promoting human security in the context of national security offers a way of ensuring that people’s basic needs and security are met. It also provides a framework in which people’s need for a positive identity may be satisfied." (SYMBIOTIC REALISM: A Theory of International Relations in an Instant and an Interdependent World by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 117)
"We argue that justice must be viewed as a fundamental security concern. Nevertheless, it is all too often ignored by policy makers, or it is viewed as a question of philosophy rather than national security. As we have highlighted, however, many security challenges are at some level spawned by injustice of one sort or another. For this reason, justice constitutes a vital dimension of our multi-sum security principle." (THE FIVE DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL SECURITY: Proposal for a Multi-sum Security Principle by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 17)
"Human security challenges the traditional notion of national security by arguing that the proper referent object of security should be the individual rather than the state. A people-centered view of security is thus deemed necessary in order to achieve national, regional, and global security." (THE FIVE DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL SECURITY: Proposal for a Multi-sum Security Principle by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 26)
"Our third substrate of global security was identified as national security, which we subdivided into military, political, economic, and societal dimensions. States have, of course, constituted the primary referent object of security, and, due to the traditional organizing concept of the state system, securing the state has been intimately tied with the use of force. Externally, this has been represented in dominant understandings of national security through the accumulation of military and sometimes economic means. However, because IR has rested on a rigid domestic-international dichotomy, the internal aspects of national security have been marginalized in the realist paradigm. For this reason, we have included political and societal security in our definition of national security." (THE FIVE DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL SECURITY: Proposal for a Multi-sum Security Principle by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 135)
"The 21st century requires radically new thinking about national security. States have become increasingly interdependent and today face a multiplicity of threats from many different sources, not just other states. Moreover, the information age is posing a new set of challenges to security establishments around the world. Intelligence agencies no longer have to worry about too little information, but about too much. They have to try to make sense of the plethora of information available, distinguish the relevant from the irrelevant and the true from the false, and coordinate and share information with the appropriate government agencies. This all has to happen in real time." (THE THREE PILLARS OF SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL SECURITY IN A TRANSNATIONAL WORLD by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 9)
"An ideal NSC seeks to objectively evaluate the departments’ various concerns and include them in national security policy planning where appropriate. Members of the NSC thereby weigh the different security concerns of the departments against one another and prioritise them according to the overall interests of the state and its citizens. The NSC staff would then put forward its own national security policy recommendation with regard to what it considers to be the country’s most urgent short- and long-term threats. In emergency situations, where immediate action is required, the council can serve as a panel of highly qualified people able quickly to provide relevant information and advice to the leader of the state." (THE THREE PILLARS OF SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL SECURITY IN A TRANSNATIONAL WORLD by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 130)
National Security Discussed
National Security discussion: "the concept of just power holds that state power needs to be employed in accordance with basic principles of justice at all times. This needs to be done not necessarily for moral reasons, but because it is the only sustainable way to promote national interests and achieve national security." (NEO-STATECRAFT AND META-GEOPOLITICS: Reconciliation of Power, Interests and Justice in the 21st Century by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 147)
"A national-security policy based on justice not only protects state borders but promotes the well-being of all citizens. Government policies that are considered just by citizens will be most effective in keeping the country stable domestically and in protecting the homeland from foreign invasion. A government that protects the human rights and civil liberties of its citizens and ensures that public goods are distributed fairly among the population will minimise the chance of being overthrown from within, and, at the same time, it will maintain enough citizen support to be able to mobilise national security forces to protect the country from security threats." (NEO-STATECRAFT AND META-GEOPOLITICS: Reconciliation of Power, Interests and Justice in the 21st Century by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 167)
"Ultimately, the concept of just power suggests that justice should be the foundation of all human, group and state interactions. States should pursue justice because it is the only way in which they can pursue sustainable national security." (NEO-STATECRAFT AND META-GEOPOLITICS: Reconciliation of Power, Interests and Justice in the 21st Century by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 171)
"Moreover, a state interested in maximising national security needs to apply principles of justice in all five security dimensions." (NEO-STATECRAFT AND META-GEOPOLITICS: Reconciliation of Power, Interests and Justice in the 21st Century by Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan, page 227)
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, Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Innate Knowledge, Philosophical Approach, Multilateralism, Neorealism, Transcultural, National Security