Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 01/2010

Security Strategies Today: Trends and Perspectives

Sunjay Chandiramani, Fred Tanner, Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan

March 2009

The Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Abstract

There have been considerable developments in security-policy thinking since the end of the Cold War, and a complex set of transnational threats and challenges necessitates new security policies and strategies. Not only the attacks of 11 September 2001, but also the dark side of globalisation such as climate change, the global spread of dangerous technologies and international organised crime have changed the security perspective and policy procedures in recent years. Consequently, new national-security strategies, white papers and security-policy documents have been drafted in order to take into account the changing security landscape.