Open AccessSECURITY STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: EVOLUTION, APPROACHES AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES
Author(s) -
Ali Muhammad,
Sugeng Riyanto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
austral
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2238-6912
pISSN - 2238-6262
DOI - 10.22456/2238-6912.117331
Subject(s) - referent , cold war , security studies , constructivism (international relations) , international relations , human security , feminism , epistemology , critical security studies , variety (cybernetics) , international relations theory , international security , postcolonialism (international relations) , political science , sociology , social science , law , philosophy , computer science , politics , artificial intelligence , cloud computing , linguistics , network security policy , cloud computing security
This article examines the growth and evolution of security studies since its emergence to the end the Cold War. Security studies as a subfield in international relations was dominated by realist approach during the Cold War. However, by the of the cold war, the concept of security was debated between the widener–deepener. Not only about the concept, but variety of theoretical approaches also emerged to challenge the traditional realist/liberal approach, such as, constructivism, critical theory, feminism, human security and postcolonialism. There were crucial differences in how these competing approaches constituted referent objects, the sectors to which security is applicable, and epistemological position as well.