The Security Dilemma In International Relations

Name, surnameInstructors name, surnameCourse infoDateThe Security DilemmaSecurity issues have always been crucial for the theory and practice of international relations. One of the critical and developed theoretical directions that made a significant contribution to the study of global security problems was political realism, based on the views of Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes, geopolitical theories of Ratzel, Mackinder, and finally formed in the works of Morgenthau and his followers. Within the framework of political realism, the egoistic nature of the state was emphasized, a high probability of violence and military-political confrontation and conflicts between nations was assumed, the decisive role of the force in resolving them. The realistic paradigm as a school of political-power thinking has long been dominant in the theory and practice of international relations. Realism substantiated the phenomena of war, imperialism, confrontation, alliances, state sovereignty as the right to implement its line in internal and external affairs, national interest, a balance of power and stability of threats.The essential actors in the international arena by realism were the sovereign states, which, under the conditions of anarchy and the domination of force, are compelled to take measures to ensure their security, defend their national interests, and strengthen their influence in