Essay on Critical Security Studies: Relevance, Analysis, and Criticism

This essay delves into the realm of critical security studies, a contemporary approach to global politics that challenges traditional methods. It examines the evolution of security threats in the post-Cold War and post-9/11 era, highlighting the shift from a narrow focus on state security to a broader framework encompassing human, social, and environmental security. The essay explores the relevance of critical security studies, its arguments, and provides an in-depth analysis and criticism of the subject matter, comparing it with conventional approaches. It discusses the key concepts, including the failures of traditional security measures, and the need for a critical assessment of security in the modern world. The essay further examines the limitations of traditional approaches and emphasizes the need for a critical security studies perspective to address the evolving security landscape and its complex challenges. The conclusion summarizes the key findings, emphasizing the importance of critical security studies in understanding and addressing global security issues.

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Critical Security Studies
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................2
Relevance.....................................................................................................................................2
Argument.....................................................................................................................................3
Analysis.......................................................................................................................................4
Criticism......................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Critical security is identified as the new notion for the global politics. As per the various
discussions related to the emerging economy it has been discerned that there is a significant
global security threats especially in the post cold war and 9/11 period. The main notion has
moved from limited traditional approach focusing on the impact and effects of security thereby
forming a new framework which questions the intentions of the conventional methods. The
development of the new theoretical approach has been able to focus on the relevant concept
which has been seen to be associated to feminism, humanitarian, social, environmental security,
state security and human security. The study aims to highlight the important aspects of the
critical security study and the way it diverges from traditional approaches to the security. The
main aspects of the study will be able to show the different aspects of the study which has been
seen to be related to the relevance, argument, analysis and criticism (Zhao, Yan and Zhang,
2017).
Discussion
Relevance
The main form of the critical security theory can be regarded as effective means of the
analysis of the various typos of the factors which has been seen to be linked to the importance of
the social processes at the same time comparing the traditional political processes. Some of the
relevancy approach of the study has identified with article by Browning, C. S. and M. McDonald
which states on the relevant aspect of The Future of Critical Security Studies: Ethics and the
Politics of Security. Another relevant article has been discerned with the use of Lawson,

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Stephanie, International Relation and another article has been further seen to be discerned with
the use of Peoples, Columba and Nick Vaughan-Williams, Critical Security Studies. The most
relevant form of the discussions of the study has been seen to be identified in form of the
assessment of the differences which has been seen to be discerned in from of traditional security
and critical studies with the purpose of the study earned in the contextual understanding
(Alnatheer, 2015). The main form of the other relevant discussions of the study has been further
discerned in the areas which have been seen to be related to earning contextual understanding
and useful information. Some of the other relevant discussion of the study has been further seen
to be based on stating the difference between the critical security studies and traditional security.
The various types of the implemented methods of security aim at improving the scope and
enhancing the understandings about that approach. The primary aspects of the study has been
further related to the traditional security approach associated to global community,' failure
‘identity politics’ to support a dismissal of the self-other dichotomy. The traditional security of
the study has been further seen to discuss the various aspects of non-traditional security or
specifically related to the critical security which has been further seen to be related to traditional
security associated to international realism often referred as political realism. The main
concentration of the study will be further given on scope of the limitation and focus on
addressing the failures and the need to develop critical security studies along with the
consideration of future scope (Côté-Boucher, Infantino and Salter, 2014).
Argument
Security studies are often referred to International security studies and considered as
traditionally academic sub field of the wider application of international relations. The various
fields of the international relations have been further seen to be related to the rapidly developed

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relations during the Cold War (Alnatheer, 2015). The term critical security study has been
referred as the main approach which is critical to the mainstream/ orthodox realist approaches.
Some of the other individuals are seen to consider the various types of the approaches of the
theories related to the critical security with the mainstream/orthodox realist approaches. Some of
the various forms of the distinct approach have been identified with right committed to
emancipator theory. The image of the critical security relates to the wider approach of the
security studies followed by the various types of the failures which has are seen to be associated
to the security in the postmodern world (de Larrinaga and Salter, 2014).
The outset of the traditional era has been understood with starting with 2009 with the
twentieth anniversary of the breaking down of the Berlin Wall. The various activities associated
to energy security, pandemics, violation and deforestation has been related to the change stated
to be affecting the individuals (Kaltofen, 2013). Over the last twenty years it has been seen that
the various types of the considerations of the critical security features with the specific
approaches considered from widening concept of security. In the period between late 1930s and
1970s the concept of realism has been discerned with the identification of the various types of
the factors which are seen to be directly associated to the international relation discerned as
realism and liberalism. Realism has been discerned as a more dominant approach of the study
which has been seen to be discerned with long hegemonic status of realism and the clarification
of the security has been further seen to be linked to the conflict which has been seen to be
associated to the various approaches of security studies which pave the way of facts pave the
way to a conflict base approach of hegemonic status of realism (Watson, 2013).

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Analysis
Based on the analysis of the various types of the study it has been studied that
development of the new technology has been able to focus on formation of the broad range of the
approaches of greater focus on humanitarian and social ideas based on security. The traditional
approaches has been discerned to be outdated in various context require new and critical
assessment of the security studies followed by the failure of security in the postmodern era. The
different type of the development related to the failure of the traditional approaches which has
led to implementation of the previously unknown concepts. The continued implementation and
development of the critical security has been taken onto account with driving new direction and
new strategies for future securities (BİLGİN, 2014). The important form of the limitation has
been further seen to be discerned in form of addressing the question as per criticizing the forceful
nature of the traditional approach of security. The security and the insecurity issues have been
seen to be associated to address the insecurity issues have been discerned with enhancement in
the discourse of this essay (Tomlinson, 2013). The complex nature of the critical security studies
has been seen to be associated to vigorous concepts and themes which encompass IR aspects of
the topic and the same has been included in past, present and future. The effective collaboration
with the IR scholars for the establishment of the theoretical approaches for understanding critical
security studies with social and political theories. The different types of the research conducted
by the authors has been able to assess the influence of the critical security studies in the recent
history with various form of the possible impacts associate to possible impacts in future (Henrie,
2013).

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Criticism
The important criticism in the study has been related to the various types of the
consideration which has been seen to be associated to addressing the key issues within the
security. The various types of the conventional issues has been taken into consideration with
home security vs. state security, war on terror and human intervention. The key concepts within
the security aspect have been able to suffice the needs of the historic and theoretical perspective
of critical securities in comparison to the traditional approaches for the understanding off the
complex topics. The theoretical perspective of the risk has been further able to take into
consideration the various types of the aspects of the study which has been stated with the
connection of the current world events. The research conducted has been considered with
defining critical security studies with social and political security. The different types of the
research conducted by the authors have been further able to highlight on the importance of the
social processes and the comparing the same with the political processes. The research conducted
on the critical aspects has been able to expand on the existing issues with the critical security
study. This particular report has been further seen to be useful for comparing the traditional
concepts of the security and evaluation of the key theoretical perspective. The analysis of the
critical practices has been able to bring light on the various types of the deeper issues such as
evaluation of the key theoretical perspectives. The vague notion and research has been seen with
the critical security studies in the realms of the modern day politics and the practices of
contemporary security, war on terror and human security.
Conclusion
The linking of the main aspects of the study has been able to state on The most relevant
form of the discussions of the study has been seen to be identified in form of the assessment of

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the differences which has been seen to be discerned in from of traditional security and critical
studies with the purpose of the study earned in the contextual understanding. The main form of
the other relevant discussions of the study has been further discerned in the areas which have
been seen to be related to earning contextual understanding and useful information. The outset of
the traditional era has been understood with starting with 2009 with the twentieth anniversary of
the breaking down of the Berlin Wall. The various activities associated to energy security,
pandemics, violation and deforestation has been related to the change stated to be affecting the
individuals. Over the last twenty years it has been seen that the various types of the
considerations of the critical security features with the specific approaches considered from
widening concept of security.The outset of the traditional era has been understood with starting
with 2009 with the twentieth anniversary of the breaking down of the Berlin Wall. The various
activities associated to energy security, pandemics, violation and deforestation has been related
to the change stated to be affecting the individuals. Over the last twenty years it has been seen
that the various types of the considerations of the critical security features with the specific
approaches considered from widening concept of security.

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