Author(s): Dragoş VETRESCU
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: June 30, 2015
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Issue/ Volume: 13/2015
DOI:
Abstract:
The paper analyses the threats that affect the societal dimension of modern
security that are a product of the regionalization and integration movements present in
the European Union. Knowing the fact that modern security cannot look at the
international arena strictly using state centered lenses and in terms of military threats,
the Copenhagen School redesigned (has made was called the broadening and deepening
of) the security agenda. The most influential of their ideas was that of the societal
dimension of security that refers to, „communities that carry an identity” – called
societies. Under the effects of globalization what takes place is a complex process to
redefine identities and transform its traditional carriers – the nation states. Looking at
Europe, this process also implies regionalization inside the member states. Both of them
– integration and regionalization – can generate a series of risks and threats for the
member states, risks that are the object of this paper.
Keywords: societal security, identity, Copenhagen school
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