Rethinking the Agenda for Security Studies in the Post Cold War Era: Debates and Expositions
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The basic thrust of this paper is to examine the debates and expositions on
the scope of security studies in the Post-Cold War era. The complexities of
a rapidly globalizing world, attendant security threats and technological
sophistication have made discussions on security studies quite polemical.
The paper interrogated the liberal and realistic perspectives, highlighting
the non-universality of the components of security and the attainment of
peace as the focus of security studies. The need for interdependence was
identified, while noting that a restrictive scope of security studies ensures
that the field has defined focus and fosters analytical coherence. The
evolution of human security studies as a distinct field of enquiry offers the
necessary bulwark against undue broadening of this field. The fluidity of
discourse on the themes of this paper and the theoretical anchor on
democratic peace theory underline the significance of this paper and
contribution to scholarship in this emerging discipline
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JA Political science (General), JZ International relations