Contemporary threats to state security - an overview of the issues

At the end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first century, significant changes in the environment of international and state security have taken place and are continuing. These changes are both qualitative and quantitative. We are observing the collapse of the bipolar division of the wor...

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Main Authors: Stanisław Ciupka, Sabina Sanetra-Półgrabi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Applied Sciences in Bielsko-Biała 2020-12-01
Series:Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej
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Online Access:https://asej.eu/index.php/asej/article/view/555
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Summary:At the end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first century, significant changes in the environment of international and state security have taken place and are continuing. These changes are both qualitative and quantitative. We are observing the collapse of the bipolar division of the world in terms of security, and at the same time new threats of military and non-military nature appear. The fascinating development of the scientific and technical revolution, the development of the global information network has caused the world to shrink and time has become of strategic importance. Security threats on a global scale, caused by the arms race, both in weapons of mass destruction and conventional weapons, have intensified, international terrorism, genocide, mass migration, pandemics, conflict between Western civilization and the world of Islam. The article will address some issues of security threats, especially from the point of view of the state, as well as attempts to oppose these negative security threats.
ISSN:2543-9103
2543-411X