Achieving security is at the forefront for decision-making officials and policymakers across many countries, as security is one of the main objectives of public policy and a foundation for the stability of societies and the achievement of wide-ranging development.
The relationship between security and politics is characterized by mutual interaction, with security often a natural consequence of the effectiveness of domestic and foreign policies.
For example, when a government adopts active economic policies and seeks social justice through a fair distribution of national wealth, it contributes to strengthening stability and societal security. At the same time, governments should adopt effective security and defense measures to protect the state and citizens from internal and external threats.
In 1994, the UNDP Human Development developed new dimensions of “human security” within the United Nations system through the New Dimensions of Human Security report. The report highlighted four characteristics of human security: universal, people-centered, interdependent and early prevention. The UN report also identified seven interrelated elements of security: economic, food, health, environmental, personal, societal and political. This interdependence also enhances the sense of security among national public opinion.
In this context, it should be noted that the sense of security in the current post-modern era goes far beyond the concept of physical security that prevailed in the pre-modern era. In today’s world, most contemporary policies, tactics, tools and techniques are made and employed to produce and provide security, as it is a rare gem in public policy.
Strategic policymaking for all actors in the global system focuses on providing and strengthening security. The current regional and global order is also built on security capabilities.
In the turmoil of our modern world, the sense of security has become an expensive and rare commodity for the world’s people. This has led actors in the global political system to focus on emotional approaches to security, including the predominance of a sense of security over physical security.
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