The Shift in the Concept of Security and Security Threats

Abstract

Globalization, in its various dimensions, has contributed to the change in the concept of security and the nature of security threats, as it to bring about major changes in all areas of international politics, by shifting from the national tendency in perceiving the international environment to its global counterpart, which included the areas of power and conflict, and the essential point in this transformation It is the relationship between these areas and security, which has witnessed decisive changes in its content and strategies, the nature and forms of its threats, and its mechanisms. The research seeks to trace the path of transformation in the concept of security and the expansion that occurred in its various sectors, and to shed light on the nature of new security threats and their non-traditional sources. The nature of the topic has necessitated dividing it into two sections. The first has approached the dimensions of the shift in the concept of security and the second has dealt with the geostrategic variables that affec the transformation of the concept of security and security threats.