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Article name Evolution of the “regional security” concept in the world political science
Authors Romanova N.. ,
Kononov S.. ,
Zhukov A.. ,
Zhukova A.. ,
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Category Politology
DOI 322
DOI 10.21209/2227-9245-2021-27-1-66-74
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Annotation The relevance of the article is due to the growing importance of the regional security factor in modern conditions, where the level of regional self-awareness and the desire for relative autonomy are growing within the framework of the general process of developing the security system. The article is devoted to the analysis of the security concepts existing in the history of political doctrines in order to identify the evolution of ideas about “regional security”. The study uses comparative, systemic and hermeneutic methods, the action of which is aimed at identifying aspects of regional security in the texts devoted to the problems of state, national and public security. The novelty of the research is associated with the development of the ideas’ evolution about regional security from abstract ideas to various aspects of regional practice. The result of the study is the evidence that, being originally one of the aspects of general management theory, the ideas of regional security at the end of the twentieth century have become the core of the concept of “regional security complexes”. The next result was the substantiation that modern criticism of this concept is the basis of the theoretical constructions of regional security in the 21st century, which are based on a synthesis of ideas about the need to adopt rules adopted by states that support the stability of world security and the influence of regions with their own interests. The conclusion of the study is to assert that modern concepts of regional security are based on the synthesis of methodologies of the systemic and constructivist approaches. This methodology is used to substantiate the assertion that any state is forced to deal with the security problems of its regions, to pay attention to the existing threats and regional interests in them, which may be of a constructive nature, and may pose a real danger associated with challenges from the political, economic, military, environmental, social spheres
Key words regional security; political security, state security; national security; social security; theory of regional security complexes
Article information Romanova N., Kononov S., Zhukov A., Zhukova A. Evolution of the “regional security” concept in the world political science // Transbaikal State University Journal, 2021, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 66–74. DOI: 10.21209/2227-9245-2021-27-1-66-74.
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