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The strategic logic of the contemporary security dilemma, Max G. Manwaring

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-42)

federal national government publication

no index present

non fiction

The strategic logic of the contemporary security dilemma

dictionariesbibliography

765883261

Max G. Manwaring

Strategic Studies Institute monograph

The reality and severity of the threats associated with contemporary transnational security problems indicate that the U.S. and its national and international partners need a new paradigm for the conduct of unconventional asymmetric conflict, and an accompanying new paradigm for strategic leader development. The strategic-level basis of these new paradigms is found in the fact that the global community is redefining security in terms of nothing less than a reconceptualization of sovereignty. In the past, sovereignty was the acknowledged and/or real control of territory and the people in it. Now, sovereignty is the responsibility of governments to protect peoples' well-being and prevent great harm to those peoples. Thus, the security dilemma becomes, "Why, when, and how to intervene to protect people and prevent egregious human suffering?" We address some of the strategic-level questions and recommendations that arise out of that debate. We probably generate more questions than answers, but it is time to begin the strategic-level discussion

The security dilemma : past and present -- The development of the contemporary security dilemma concept -- Questions that arise out of the contemporary security dilemma -- Conclusions