Security Issues Research Paper

When looking at Security issues it is easy to forget that some issues are more important than others are for a country and that those issues differ for each country. A Security issue that is important for Finland may not be as important to Ukraine and vice versa. We also forget sometimes that it is hard to account for everything. That there are certain security issues that are a problem for the entire international system. What issue is the hardest for actors to address in the system? What issues are the least important? We have to ask ourselves these questions when we study security and the answers vary depending on the viewpoint of each State.
The hardest issue for actors in the system to address is terrorism. One of the reasons that it is such a hard issue to address is because of the different definitions and concepts people give terrorism. In the past, as Brenda Lutz and James Lutz said in the article on terrorism in our textbook, terrorist groups would rely on one of the great powers for support whereas now they rely on the security network they have set up and created for themselves (Collins, pg. 274) . This makes the terrorist groups harder to find and harder to deal with as a …show more content…
Different States will have different viewpoint of security and levels of power. An issue that is extremely important to one State may not be as important to another. An example would be Weapons of Mass Destruction or WMDs, in particular nuclear bombs. Nuclear weapons are an extremely important issue for the countries who have them. They are also important for the countries trying very hard to develop them. However, since only certain States in the world have actually generated the ability to produce them, then only those States truly have a say in how they are handled. Even though all States in the world could be affected by a nuclear war, a State with a nuclear weapon has greater power than one