Question

Which one of the following is related to the traditional notion of security ?

• A. Russia – Ukraine War
• B. Continuous rise in the global temperature
• C. 9/11 attack on USA
• D. Spread of COVID-19 epidemic in the world

Hint:

- Traditional Security = War, Military Invasion, Border Disputes between states. - Non-Traditional Security = Climate Change, Pandemics, Terrorism, Poverty.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Concept: In political science, Security is categorized into two main dimensions:
• Traditional Security: Focuses on military threats to a nation's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence originating from external sovereign states.
• Non-Traditional Security: Focuses on human security and global security issues that go beyond state-centric military threats, such as climate change, terrorism, epidemics, poverty, and human rights violations.

Step 1: Categorizing the given options into Traditional and Non-Traditional security.

• (A) Russia – Ukraine War: Involves interstate military conflict, armed invasion, and threats to state sovereignty between nation-states. This fits directly under the Traditional Notion of Security.
• (B) Continuous rise in global temperature: A environmental/climate change issue, which falls under non-traditional global security threats.
• (C) 9/11 attack on USA: An act of transnational terrorism, which falls under non-traditional human security threats.
• (D) Spread of COVID-19 epidemic: A global health pandemic, which falls under non-traditional security threats.

Step 2: Conclusion.
Therefore, Option (A) represents a threat related to the traditional notion of security.