Formation and evolution of the non-traditional security discourse

Abstract

Promoting security has a broad definition of ensuring functional integrity and
preserving the independent identity of states and societies. The bipolar era dominated the
conventional military-political approach to ensuring the security of nations. Since the end of
the Cold War, non-traditional threats have taken an important place in the political agenda of
the world. Many issues with non-traditional security threats are considered the results of global
trends, where globalization is an objective process that makes the world more interconnected
and interdependent. Nowadays most national and global security agendas contain vast areas
of sustainable development. They cover various non-traditional matters in political, economic,
social, and environmental spheres, such as climate change, energy security, freedom of speech,
human rights, rule of law, government regulatory quality, trade and economic stability, research,
and development, and so on. This paper explores major definitions and gives a broad introduction
to non-traditional security and introduction to its schools of thought within the broad political
science discipline.