CLASSIC, MODERN, AND POST-MODERN APPROACHES TO MAKING SECURITY STRATEGY

摘要

In the recent past, security strategy has been oriented towards dealing with one or a few vital threats. The prevailing approach today-the 'modern approach'-is to develop a set of capabilities to meet a broad spectrum of security threats and challenges. The uncertainty and fluidity of the security environment, however, demand faster response to emerging threats, that can be provided only through a 'post-modern' approach to making security strategy - an approach focusing on flexibility and adaptiveness in the development of the security sector, and its interplay with other security instruments.