Bhattacharya, Swatilekha

Explaining the conceptualisation of security in mainstream international relations theory - The Indian Journal of Political Science - 77(1), Jan-Mar, 2016: p.77-84

Security studies have long been concerned only with war and the means to prevent war. The way
the notion of security has been formulated and conceptualised in mainstream international relations
theory, several limitations has crept into it. During the Cold War, this was accompanied by thinking on
nuclear strategy, nuclear deterrence, arms control and grand strategy. Issues affecting the individual
were thought fit to be relegated to the background of any discussion on international security.
However, major changes have taken place since the end of Cold War and this has necessitated a
relook into the discipline.- Reproduced

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