Contemporary Threats to National and International Security, and Appropriate Security Measures
The fundamental national interest of every country is to ensure
appropriate conditions for the life and activity of its citizens along
with the greatest possible degree of security for its population -
that is, with the lowest possible level of threats to security. In
today's increasingly globalised world, threats to security are no
longer of a military nature alone, but are joined by threats and
dangers relating to criminality, health, social factors, politics, the
environment, economics and flow of information. Wars are no longer so
frequent, they mostly take place in local settings, and great efforts
by the international community are required to resolve them.
Contemporary threats and those that threaten security are
increasingly trans-national in significance. Some of these threats are
all the more dangerous in a highly interdependent world, because for a
long time countries underestimated them or did not know how to decide
to bring them to an end. Today no state is able to withstand these
types of threats, and the solution therefore lies not in a border
closed through isolationism, but instead in forms of international
alliance and cooperation in exposing dangers, making plans to ensure
security and eliminating the consequences of these threats.
Slovenia is no exception to this, and is already included in a
number of international organisations dedicated to preserving
international peace and security. Inclusion in NATO will further
strengthen Slovenia's security and international position.
Text prepared by Iztok Prezelj, MSc, Defence Research Centre, Faculty of Social Sciences
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