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  • The English School: a neglected approach to International Security Studies
    Security Dialogue, 2015
    Co-Authors: Barry Buzan
    Abstract:

    The terms ‘English School’ (ES) and ‘International Security’ seldom appear in the same sentence. Yet the ES can and should constitute a general approach to International Security Studies (ISS) comparable to realism, liberalism, constructivism and several other approaches to International relations (IR). The article begins by sketching out how the ES’s idea of raison de systeme provides a general framing for ISS that counterpoints approaches focused on raison d’etat. It then shows how the ES’s societal approach provides specific insights that could strengthen analysis of International Security: by providing a normative framing for securitization; by showing the historical variability of key ISS concepts such as war, balance of power and human rights; by adding an inside/outside dimension to Security relations based on differentiations within International society; and by complementing regional approaches to International Security with its societal approach. The article aims to initiate a conversation betwe...

  • The English School: A neglected approach to International Security Studies
    Security Dialogue, 2015
    Co-Authors: Barry Buzan
    Abstract:

    The terms 'English School' (ES) and 'International Security' seldom appear in the same sentence. Yet the ES can and should constitute a general approach to International Security Studies (ISS) comparable to realism, liberalism, constructivism and several other approaches to International relations (IR). The article begins by sketching out how the ES's idea of raison de système provides a general framing for ISS that counterpoints approaches focused on raison d'état. It then shows how the ES's societal approach provides specific insights that could strengthen analysis of International Security: by providing a normative framing for securitization; by showing the historical variability of key ISS concepts such as war, balance of power and human rights; by adding an inside/outside dimension to Security relations based on differentiations within International society; and by complementing regional approaches to International Security with its societal approach. The article aims to initiate a conversation between the ES and ISS by showing where the fruitful links are, and by introducing the relevant ES literature to ISS scholars.

  • Beyond the evolution of International Security studies
    Security Dialogue, 2010
    Co-Authors: Barry Buzan, Lene Hansen
    Abstract:

    This article provides a reply to the other contributions to this special section of Security Dialogue on The Evolution of International Security Studies. Our response cuts across the special section as a whole, focusing on the following questions: What does it mean to take a critical stance towards the history of International Security studies? Does micro-sociology provide the way forward? How do the main analytical distinctions laid out in The Evolution of International Security Studies work? And, what are the challenges and suggestions for a more thorough study of traditionalism?

  • The Evolution of International Security Studies: Defining International Security Studies
    The Evolution of International Security Studies, 2009
    Co-Authors: Barry Buzan, Lene Hansen
    Abstract:

    International Security Studies (ISS) grew out of debates over how to protect the state against external and internal threats after the Second World War. Security became its watchword (Wolfers, 1952; Yergin, 1978), both distinguishing ISS from earlier thinking and the disciplines of War Studies and Military History, and, as it evolved, serving as the linking concept connecting an increasingly diverse set of research programmes. Looking back on more than sixty years of academic writing on International Security, the first pertinent question for an intellectual history of ISS is to define what makes up the sub-field and where the boundary zones between it and adjacent academic disciplines are located. To delineate ISS is unfortunately not as straightforward an exercise as one might wish. The label ‘International Security’ was not adopted from the outset, but only gradually became accepted, and there is no universally agreed definition of what ISS comprises, and hence no accepted archive of ‘ISS-documents’ that define our object of study. As this book will demonstrate, not only is there a large body of ISS literature, it is one whose themes, discussions and participants change across time and place. The composition of ISS has mainly been taken for granted, with the consequence that little self-reflection on what made up ISS or its boundaries has been produced. The absence of a universal definition of what makes up ISS means that ISS has at times become a site for disciplinary politics with different perspectives arguing that they should be included while others (usually different sorts of widening perspectives) should not.

  • The evolution of International Security studies
    The Evolution of International Security Studies, 2009
    Co-Authors: Barry Buzan, Lene Hansen
    Abstract:

    This article provides a reply to the other contributions to this special section of Security Dialogue on The Evolution of International Security Studies. Our response cuts across the special section as a whole, focusing on the following questions: What does it mean to take a critical stance towards the history of International Security studies? Does micro-sociology provide the way forward? How do the main analytical distinctions laid out in The Evolution of International Security Studies work? And, what are the challenges and suggestions for a more thorough study of traditionalism?

Steve Bahnaman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Helga Haftendorn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Security Puzzle: Theory-Building and Discipline-Building in International Security
    International Studies Quarterly, 1991
    Co-Authors: Helga Haftendorn
    Abstract:

    The term "Security" is as ambiguous in content as in format: is it a goal, an issue-area, a concept, a research program, or a discipline? There is no one concept of Security; "national Security," "International Security," and "global Security" refer to different sets of issues and have their origins in different historical and philosophical contexts. The author argues that the concept of International Security might most appropriately describe current Security affairs. She challenges the concept of national Security as fixated on the nation-state and not taking into account the Security of other states. She criticizes the notion of global Security as presupposing a world-wide common definition of Security and shared sets of values, rules, and principles not yet existing. In the long term, however, the world might be moving in the direction of a global Security system if institution-building continues and leads to common practices, rules, and enforcement capabilities. As all concepts yield only limited explanations and are of marginal value for theorybuilding, the essay identifies some assumptions and questions to be clarified in future research programs. In a closing section the field of International Security studies and its relationship to International relations are discussed.

  • The Security puzzle: theory-Building and discipline-building in International Security
    International Studies Quarterly, 1991
    Co-Authors: Helga Haftendorn
    Abstract:

    Outlining National Security / Global Security / International Security and the revolving prominence of each idea throughout time

Kamil Zwolski - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The EU as an International Security actor : a comprehensive approach
    2020
    Co-Authors: Kamil Zwolski
    Abstract:

    There is a vibrant discussion in academia about the role of the European Union (EU) in International Security. However, this discussion largely concentrates on the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) not fully acknowledging the instruments of the European Commission. Also, the majority of publications tend to limit the analysis to more traditional Security problems, whilst literature on contemporary Security studies often illustrates how the Security concept has broadened in the last few decades. This thesis offers an original framework to studying the EU as a Security actor, by adopting the comprehensive approach. Such an approach is important in order to address two aforementioned problems in the literature. First, this thesis does not limit its analysis to the CSDP, but also looks at the role of the European Commission in developing the EU’s International Security policy. Second, this thesis goes beyond traditional Security problems, by including three diverse case studies: a) climate change, representing the so-called ‘non traditional’ Security challenge; b) the threat of the proliferation of WMDs, in particular from Russia; and c) piracy off the Somali coast. This PhD concludes that the EU already plays a significant role as an International Security actor; there are two important aspects of this role. Firstly, the analysis has demonstrated that the instruments of the European Commission, such as the Instrument for Stability, significantly complement EU policies undertaken within the framework of the CSDP. Secondly, this study has also demonstrated the importance of including the so-called ‘non-traditional’ Security challenges, such as climate change, when analysing the role of the EU as a Security actor. Thus, it was important to analyse EU policy in this area, alongside EU policies regarding more traditional Security problems.

  • The EU as an International Security actor after Lisbon: Finally a green light for a holistic approach?
    Cooperation and Conflict, 2012
    Co-Authors: Kamil Zwolski
    Abstract:

    This article argues that a holistic approach is important when studying the European Union’s (EU) role as an International Security actor, but at the same time it identifies problems in adopting such a comprehensive research agenda. The holistic approach entails that the research must include ‘new’ Security problems, such as climate change, but also relevant policies and instruments outside the framework of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). However, owing to conceptual, legal and political obstacles, this has been difficult to achieve; as a consequence, existing research on the EU as an International Security actor tends to narrow down the focus to just one framework: the CSDP and its operations. This may lead to a distorted image, because the EU’s role in International Security surpasses any single policy framework. The contribution of this article is twofold. First, it sets the framework for the comprehensive research agenda concerning the EU as an International Security actor. Second, it identifies key obstacles that are making this holistic approach methodologically and conceptually difficult. In this context, the Lisbon Treaty, formally abandoning the pillar structure of the EU, provides an opportunity to mitigate at least some of these roadblocks.

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