State Security

State Security is probably the most important issue when dealing with international relations. State security is the main focus of any move made by a state in the political arena. One definition from one of the approaches of a state’s security “is the state’s capacity to protect its boundaries and its sovereign ability to act as it sees fit” (TCJM, pp. 62-63). When considering the above definition from the realist approach I would have to disagree. I feel that there is more that needs to be considered and there are many different approaches that have to be looked at for a good understanding of such a complex topic.
One approach that focuses on the state and its interaction with other states is realism. The nature of realism is that states exist in an international structure where the possibility of conflict always exists. The main reason for conflict is that there is no overriding institution to settle competing interest among states. The level of threat depends ...