Necessity of Searching for a New Security Paradigm in the World of Globalisation

Abstract

Aim: The aim of the paper is to present arguments in favour of the necessity of seeking a new security paradigm in the globalisation era, a world that keeps changing dynamically, entangled in a network of interconnections and at risk. The scale and type of threats that contemporary communities are confronted with continually provide new impulses to revise the security paradigm. Introduction: The globalisation processes are transnational in nature, involve the entire international community and occur simultaneously. These processes are complex, and their impact on the security environment is equally complex. They make people aware and shape the need for security as one of the essential existential needs of societies. Efforts to find a new security paradigm in the contemporary world are part of the attempt to respond to global challenges and threats. The environment of the security entity, which is both man and the nation-state that tend to change as a result of globalisation processes, requires the implementation of in-depth analyses and a broad research perspective, which should take into account both the complexity and variability of the security phenomenon as such, as well as changes taking place in this environment. Methodology: The paper was devised using a problembased method based on a review of literature on the subject. Not only were the achievements of Polish science used, but also the sources presenting the results of research conducted by representatives of academia of various research provenance from Europe and the United States. Conclusions: The new global order is aimed at assuring human security, and needs to be based on a strong cultural foundation, one consisting of common values. The postulate of seeking a new security paradigm in the world of the globalization ear is a response to the challenges of the present times and threats that national societies and the international community must face. The cultural dimension of security and its axiological basis are of increasing importance here. Accordingly the global society may become a security community that shares common values, among which mutual accountability plays a particular role - both global solidarity and solidarity between people. Given the nature of ongoing processes and the changes that are taking place, some researchers support the necessity of adopting an approach to security which should be based on political science, and emphasise the necessity of working out of a paradigm characterised by a holistic approach to this issue.