Role Of Security In International Relations

International relations contains many elements and one of the major components is world politics and security. It has been viewed that security Is a ‘contested concept’ as it implies the absence of threat, the meaning of security has been broadened to include areas of politics, economy, society and environment but an aspect of concern is whether security is limited to and only individual, national and or international. In this essay it will discuss how national security has been the essence of many nations for decades as a survival tool but since the outbreak of World War one there has been a necessity for a collective international security and this change is a potent moment in the issue of world politics. Also this essay investigates one of the main issues concerning world politics being the rise of specific extreme terrorist organisation, Islamic State and what …show more content…
It was sought to unite all the major states in a stable organisation and they would be represented as states would be able to deal with issues and prevent war. Since then the world has been subjected to many crises ranging from natural or manmade but with the nations united through an association, combating particular issues including terrorism a solution can be made.
Currently the world is being subjected to the violent acts of extreme terror and it is reaching an all-time high, we are seeing more news broadcasts updating every night about the continuation of this world issue. The September 11 attacks on the World trade centre and the Pentagon in 2001 became the true turning point for the United States in declaring ‘war on terror’. This lead to the eventual assassination of Osama Bin Laden but the cost of a vengeful plight against this international foe is great. From the United States