Role Of Security In International Relations

International relations contains many elements and one of the major components is world politics and security. It has been viewed that security Is a ‘contested concept’ as it implies the absence of threat, the meaning of security has been broadened to include areas of politics, economy, society and environment but an aspect of concern is whether security is limited to and only individual, national and or international. In this essay it will discuss how national security has been the essence of many nations for decades as a survival tool but since the outbreak of World War one there has been a necessity for a collective international security and this change is a potent moment in the issue of world politics. Also this essay investigates one of the main issues concerning world politics being the rise of specific extreme terrorist organisation, Islamic State and what measures have been taken to begin disbanding the group, and lastly how the global community responds to future and current threats. These in particular are very important and dominating issues in the world of international relations. National security is the initial protection of a state from internal and or external threats or anything that poses a danger to the health of the state. Countries and nations relied on their national security as there form of survival as the world lived in a very survival of the fittest from Charles Darwin perspective but as the world developed into a more globalised era the need for a collective security. International or collective security is the condition of many states cooperatively using means and power to prevent threats to all. A prime example of this is the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation as its main principle is the collective security and the protection of states . It currently holds 28 members mostly from the European area, it states that “NATO is committed to the principle that an attack against one or several members is considered as an attack against all .” It was only in 1914 being the outbreak of world war one, where the modern idea of collective security was used in context. It had been seen before in early dating history, some evidence shows parts of collective security in the league of Greek states and some unsuccessful trials cooperation’s in china . It was in the era of nationalism that Europe found no need to for a collective security and the nineteenth century peace movement took a different route. The European theatre did present moments of a concern towards international security as irregularly a meeting of the powers through there appointed representatives of foreign policy, were used to discuss certain crises particularly in 1856 and 1878 . World war one did cause the major reconsideration of the use of collective security. The plans for a league of united powers were founded, Sir James Bryce’s proposal in 1914 became to most important as it detailed an American –based league to enforce peace , it asked the nations of the world to come together and join a singular association to produce balance and peace amongst each other and also aim for the protection against possible future threats. …show more content…
It was sought to unite all the major states in a stable organisation and they would be represented as states would be able to deal with issues and prevent war. Since then the world has been subjected to many crises ranging from natural or manmade but with the nations united through an association, combating particular issues including terrorism a solution can be made.
Currently the world is being subjected to the violent acts of extreme terror and it is reaching an all-time high, we are seeing more news broadcasts updating every night about the continuation of this world issue. The September 11 attacks on the World trade centre and the Pentagon in 2001 became the true turning point for the United States in declaring ‘war on terror’. This lead to the eventual assassination of Osama Bin Laden but the cost of a vengeful plight against this international foe is great. From the United States alone over 6,000 military personnel have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq and also an increase in the hatred and segregation of the Muslim race . The Middle East has been