University Security Report: International Relations and Warfare

This report on international security delves into the intricate relationship between war and politics, exploring the concepts of security, political violence, and security policies. It examines the characteristics of war, including its historical context and societal impact, alongside the origins of modern warfa...Read More

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Table of Contents
Tutorial 1: Introduction to the relation between the war and politics..............................................2
Understanding of the concept of security, and its relationship to politics...................................2
Relationship between political violence and security..................................................................3
Essence of security policies.........................................................................................................3
Tutorial 2: Characteristics of war....................................................................................................3
Concept of war as a security issue and........................................................................................3
War and History...........................................................................................................................4
War and society............................................................................................................................4
Tutorial 3: Origin of modern warfare..............................................................................................5
Concept of modern warfare..........................................................................................................5
Characteristics of pre-modern war...............................................................................................5
Napoleonic strategy......................................................................................................................6
Tutorial 4: World War I and World War II.....................................................................................6
Tutorial 5: WMD, Deterrence, and the Cold Wars..........................................................................7
Tutorial 6: Disarmament and non-proliferation...............................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Tutorial 1: Introduction to the relation between the war and politics
Understanding of the concept of security, and its relationship to politics
There is a deep connection between the politics and the security. The concept of security
comes from the state of a mind where the concern is related to people, populations, property,
territory, ideas and values (Dannreuther 2014). There is always a need of a political power for
the betterment of the country from the point of view of both governance and the administration.
To make the security of the country more powerful and to create the powerful existence in the
word it is always important to make the security more advanced in terms of both creating
infrastructure and weapons. The concept of security among the people comes from different
socio economical background and also from several political aspects. The main concern related
to the people is to live peacefully with their family in the society and it is also important for them
to be sure about the security of their country. The main concern related to the security depends
upon several infrastructure of the student of the country like the border security, security in the
field of air and marine. From the political point of view there are many cases where the country
is also affected internally due to some unwanted attack of the different political powers. There
are two aspects of making the system more advanced in terms of security. There are several
threats which may cause internally or externally (Fierke 2015). The security can be internal or
external in terms of making the system more advanced with respect to the types of the threats.
There are several directions of the security aspect and the relationship of the security and the
politics can be also of different types. It may be complex or it may be of several aspects with
respect to different situations.

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Relationship between political violence and security
In case of politics the internal politics of a country generally lead to several violence
which causes due to different socio political reasons and the roots are also among the people
based on several regions and religion (Hehir 2013). In that case the law and order is the most
important parameter to be maintained by the governance and it is also very important to keep the
internal security strong enough in order to keep the peace and law and order maintained during
the violence.
Essence of security policies
There are also many security policies which are utilised for several security issues which
are implemented in large organisations like the national states for perusing security. People
actually look at the security issues as necessary attention and it is actually politically contained.
The security policies have a huge role in determining the world politics.
Tutorial 2: Characteristics of war
Concept of war as a security issue and
War is the most important subject which is discussed mostly from the academic point of
view. It is one of the most traditional issues which are discussed in case of international relation
and politics. It is also connected with the subject related to the international security. The
concept of war is based upon the supremacy in an activity which can have several types of forms.
There are several reasons for which the academics have interests in war. War is devastating in
nature and it happens due to human activities and several human choices. In case of security war
is discussed as the subject which is more than just a security related problem. The main source of

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war is the accessibility of politics, history and society (Janowitz 2017). War is often generated
due to the political interests and it dominates the other factors and rises above all matter in case
of i0ts activity. In case of governance and national security several situations come in which war
is considered as the largest security threat (HughesL and Long 2015). For the advancement of the
infrastructure of the war it is also important to make the defence system more powerful and in
order to do so the cost and investment for the military and the weapons become a huge amount
which can be utilised in the welfare in other socio economic advancement.
War and History
War and history are two terms which are connected deeply and it is complex but intense
in nature. The victors create the history as they create new era in the human kind. There are
many famous wars like the Mongol conquests, hundred year’s war, American revolutionary war,
Napoleonic wars, American civil wars and the World War I and World War II (Janowitz 2017).
In every case the amount of damage and the number of dead people are huge. The modern
structure of our politics, territoriality and society are also highly affected by the impact of several
wars.
War and society
The effect of war is most important in case of making the social values. In case of a war it
generates by not affecting some parts of the society but after the ending of the war the values,
relations ideas are changed to a large extent in case of the society. It is also important from the
socio political background as some of the governance creates the main system more offensive in
nature by making the political leaders to take the war as a social practice. The main advantage of
making the system more advanced in terms of making the system.

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Tutorial 3: Origin of modern warfare
Concept of modern warfare
Warfare is the state of one kind of combat where the representatives of several national
states take part. The nation or the states take the decision of applying several forces that affect
the international relation among the states or the countries (Michalos 2017). The state may be the
government also and the military is also implemented by the interest of the government. It is also
related to the organised violence as it takes place by the human practice and the main advantage
of using the system is in terms of developing ideas which are generated by the people. In the
modern era the conventional war is actually changed to the concept of warfare which can have
other form rather than the conventional warfare. The main idea of making the warfare was
generated by the Napoleonic war. The French revolution has also affected the warfare and it also
spreads through more than 150 years. It can also take place in several places.
Characteristics of pre-modern war
In the historical background the armies fought with mussed markets and the main way of
war was to fight by moving on with horses. The naval forced were empowered with the canon
and the wind powered canons. The nature of the war was also very slow and the cost behind the
military forces was also very high and the military successes were considered as the diplomatic
negotiation. In those days the warfare was characterised as the leader’s approach which was
based upon the risk-averse (Hehir 2013). Since the army was too expensive it was considered as
the leaders can make the system more advanced in terms of the risks. They also used several
strategies by implementing the military troupes in the places where the enemy had several
weaknesses.

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Napoleonic strategy
Napoleon is considered as one of the greatest leaders I the field of politics and warfare in
the history. He was famous for his strategy and also he was empowered with a great military
force. He had the great ability to utilise the resources in a more effective way so that he can make
the system more advanced (Hehir 2013). This also generated due to several reasons and
situations in France which were also based on the rise of nationalism and there were several new
aspects which were related to the construction of the professional military and bureaucratic
institutions for the mobility of the people and military of France. After the impact of Napoleonic
approach the main factor which was added to the characteristics of war was the implementation
of the mass to the war.
Tutorial 4: World War I and World War II
The World War I and the World War II are considered as one of the biggest wars of all
time in the history and these are considered as the conventional war. The World War were
created in the modern era of the history where there are many factors of generation of the war.
There were several reasons behind the world wars. International security deals with the situations
where warfare among two or more countries can take place. It also deals with the defence
mechanism and different strategies of the countries which are also important for the security of
the countries (Janowitz 2017). In the modern world the concept of conventional war is changed
to a greater extent. After the huge damage of the two world wars it has also come to a situation
where every country is concerned about the effects of the conventional war. In the modern world
many countries are empowered with atomic weapons and it will be a huge disastrous which may
lead to the damage of a large extent of the mankind.

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Tutorial 5: WMD, Deterrence, and the Cold Wars
WMD refers to the weapons of mass destruction and this has many aspects which can
mislead in some cases. These kinds of weapons are unconventional in nature and the main
concern related to the weapons is that these can damage a huge amount of people. These also can
contain the biological, chemicals and nuclear weapons. These are the main types of the weapons
which are responsible for the main concern related to the modern war and it can damage to a
greater extent in the modern era. The effect of the concern related to the nuclear weapons is
increasing day by day (Fierke 2015). From this point of view the concept of minimum deterrence
has come and the main advantage of this is to create a least amount of warheads. From this point
of view the concept of the cold war has been generated and the main concept is related to the
international pressure created upon a country or state instead of going for a conventional war
(Hehir 2013). In this way the pressure is created upon the country by several international
platforms. In the recent history one of the famous cold war was created between the two major
countries which are America and the Russia respectively. After the cold war the Soviet Union
feel and it distributed to several small countries. In recent days most of the wars are denominated
by the use of such international actions which are better for the peace of the world and human
kind.
Tutorial 6: Disarmament and non-proliferation
The spread of the nuclear weapons are increasing day by day. Every country is concerned
about the increment of the nuclear weapons. It is also a huge concern for the countries in the
international field with the nuclear weapon as it can make a huge destruction to the whole
mankind. The effect of the concern related to the nuclear weapons is increasing day by day.
From this point of view the concept of minimum deterrence has come and the main advantage of

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this is to create a least amount of warheads (Dannreuther 2014). From this point of view the
concept of the cold war has been generated and the main concept is related to the international
pressure created upon a country or state instead of going for a conventional war. After the huge
damage of the two world wars it has also come to a situation where every country is concerned
about the effects of the conventional war (Michalos 2017). In the modern world many countries
are empowered with atomic weapons and it will be a huge disastrous which may lead to the
damage of a large extent of the mankind. Keeping that in concern it is also important for the
countries to make their security strong and to be ready for the situation where it may lead to a
war.

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