National Security Theory and Geopolitics (Week 5) PDF

National Security Theory and Geopolitics Dr. Nilly Kamal Elamir Week 5 How can you corelate with national security? For example: fields of national security. (write 3 points at least)  Typology of national security conditions Typology of national security An analysis of historical experience sh...

National Security Theory and Geopolitics Dr. Nilly Kamal Elamir Week 5 How can you corelate with national security? For example: fields of national security. (write 3 points at least)  Typology of national security conditions Typology of national security An analysis of historical experience shows how important an element of a state’s activity is to strive for its persistence as a political institution, its sovereignty, political independence, and territorial integrity, and for maintain power within the state. In the background were the issues of security of the nation (civil society) together with its moral and material goods, including the natural environment.  In this way, the typology of national security Classificati conditions include internal and external conditions, with links between them. on no.1: 1. Internal Internal conditions are related to what is happening inside national security, namely material and energy related, social, and cultural factors. Internal dimension: The internal dimension of national security as an organization (or rather national security system) includes its individual members (people), with different views and influences on its functioning; business persons commissioned for, or charged with, specific duties; social and political organizations (e.g. trade unions), with a clear exclusion of the struggle for power phenomenon; non-governmental organizations, and public authorities. 2. External External conditions, on the other hand, consistently cover the same factors, which are inherent in the national security environment and influence it both directly and indirectly. However There is a complex sphere of conditions that, one could say, do not fit into one and the other of the above-mentioned groups of conditions. This is due to the fact that national security is perceived as a social system of action and, consequently, there is a wide range of factors that result from the fact that subsystems and even its elementary components are directly or indirectly linked to each other and to elements of its environment. Which takes us to classification no.2. Classificatio n no.2: There is thus an intra-system synergy effect, accompanied by a synergy “outside” of the whole. the internal, external, and synergistic aspects, the conditions of national security are material – and energy-related, social, and cultural. 1.. Material – and energy- related conditions Material: Therefore, material – and energy-related conditions include land (territory), water and air, access to natural resources – inanimate and living nature (mainly strategic raw materials), and products transformed, to a greater or lesser extent, by people. The level of technological advancement in the transformation of these products and the abundance of natural resources determine the potential of the state and thus the potential of national security. 2. Social conditions Social conditions Social conditions result from the very public nature of man as an individual, from the nature and characteristics of social groups, including such a complex group as the state group, and the international social environment. In states described as law-abiding liberal- democratic states, the importance of social influences on the fate of the state is clearly increasing. Civil society “Civil society is thus the social environment in which the state operates” and, consequently, he goes on to say, “If the state is a democracy, then civil society is active in public affairs ". essence of the functioning of a liberal-democratic state, which is manifested in reconciliation of the interests of many of its entities, leads to the conclusion that the influence of the society on the fate of the state takes various forms and law is the mediator in conflicts of interest. Social conditions Social conditions understood in this way are subjective in nature. If the complexity of social processes is taken into account, such factors arise as interests (private, public, state, and international), legal norms, social conflicts, diversity of social standing and roles, inequality in living standards, formal and informal social influences, separateness of societies in terms of their states, quantitative and qualitative diversity, and mutual obligations – the bonds that unite despite all divisions of interests and others. 3. Cultural conditions Cultural conditions Culture is all products of activity, material and non-material values, and recognized ways of conduct, objectivized and accepted in any community, handed over to other communities and next generations.” Cultural conditions: The most important elements of cultural heritage also include national values, needs, goals and interests; national identity, myths, customs, and patterns of behavior, public opinion, norms of conduct, as well as political relations, which are treated almost as a separate case of social relations. To sum up: National security conditions as a whole include: material –and energy-related conditions, social conditions, and cultural conditions. Their nature can be the following:  –– according to their location: external, internal, synergistic – combined (also due to the links between internal and external factors); –– according to the source of the condition: political, economic, psychosocial, environmental, and military; –– according to the form of interaction: direct and indirect; To sum –– according to variability in time: permanent or relatively permanent; up: variable; –– according to their perception: objective and subjective; –– according to the degree of probability of occurrence: certain, likely, and unlikely; and according to the scale of impact: significant (decisive), minor, and indifferent. Mapping typology of national security in Egypt Activity