An Alternative National Security Strategy: Elevating the Economic Instrument of National Power

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen D. Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
National Power ◽  
Economic Instrument

scholarly journals The National Security Strategy in the Current Environment: from DIME to a DIME-T Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Maria Constantinescu
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Comprehensive Approach ◽  
Grey Zone ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
Hybrid Warfare ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
National Power

Abstract The contemporary security environment is characterized by Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA), the use of hybrid warfare and grey zone conflicts, generating the need to adapt the national security strategies to the changes demands of the environment. In this context, the instruments of national power (diplomatic, information, economic, military) should be used in an integrated manner, in order to provide a more comprehensive approach to national security. The technology has become an integral part of the life of the society, and as such it should be taken into consideration as an instrument of power and highlighted as a major component of a national security strategy. The paper proposes a DIME-T approach to national instruments of power, by analysing the complex implications of technology on all the areas of security.

scholarly journals National Security Redesign after the COVID–19: Nepali Army’s Security Priority in Response to the Global Pandemics

Unity Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 163-174
Author(s):  
Padam Kumar Angbo
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
The Us ◽  
National Power ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Pandemic disease always poses one of the greatest security threats to national security. It is widely discussed as a non-traditional threat candidate to national security (NDU, CACI, The Asymmetric Threat Symposium, 2008, p. 31). Indeed, the COVID-19 has not only unleashed havoc on developing nation but also provided a vital national security lesson exposing weaknesses in their capabilities to protect citizens. For example, Nepal has lost more than 2000 lives of its people and about 271,000 have severely suffered this viral infection, and the deaths with this pandemic in the US and UK are even higher. And the trend of causalities has increasingly been continuing along with an alarming rate of infection. Meanwhile, a new deadly variant of corona virus is swiftly spreading across the globe including Nepal. This study employs the qualitative research framework and data have been employed from secondary sources. The research philosophy adopted is interpretivism where the researcher has included his viewpoints to available data in presenting ideas. The article explores causes and multi-dimensional effects, critical nexus between COVID-19 and National Security in support to the argument that the nature, scope, novelty and complexity of COVID-19 pandemic demands an Integrated National Security Strategy for an effective application of all the instruments of national power, including Nepali Army, public and private sector to respond successfully. This paper also spotlights the crucial role of Nepali Army in containing pandemics that proffers to reappraisal of such a vital security body’s strategies and doctrines, taking the current corona virus in serious consideration.  

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