Resilience in the National Security Discourse

The concept of ‘resilience’ has turned into a powerful principle and a discursive tool in the fields of national and international security. To illustrate the growth of ‘resilience’ in strategic discourse of some of the most powerful actors of the North Atlantic area, the article is divided in two p...

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Main Author: Katarína
Format: Article
Language:ces
Published: University of Defence 2017-06-01
Series:Obrana a Strategie
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Online Access:http://www.obranaastrategie.cz/cs/archiv/rocnik-2017/1-2017/clanky/resilience-v-diskurzu-o-narodni-bezpecnosti.html
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description The concept of ‘resilience’ has turned into a powerful principle and a discursive tool in the fields of national and international security. To illustrate the growth of ‘resilience’ in strategic discourse of some of the most powerful actors of the North Atlantic area, the article is divided in two parts. The first part analyzes the national security discourse of two major powers in the region, namely Great Britain and the United States. Using the timeframe of 2010–2015, the prominence of resilience is traced in a set of strategic documents. The second part elevates the level of analysis to the two most relevant international organizations – the NATO and the EU. The objective of this part is to discuss the remarkable surge of resilience discourse, which gained a firm ground throughout 2016. The paper, therefore, explores the appeal of resilience for states as well as for international organizations, without drawing a causal relation between the two. It also highlights how resilience has played a powerful role as a value and a principle, as well as a desired end state, against a backdrop of complex and hybrid threats to both national and international security.
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spelling doaj.art-a029405c35244137b979b7c12c0c119f2022-12-21T19:49:56ZcesUniversity of DefenceObrana a Strategie1214-64631802-71992017-06-01171214210.3849/1802-7199.17.2017.01.021-042Resilience in the National Security DiscourseKatarína0SvitkováThe concept of ‘resilience’ has turned into a powerful principle and a discursive tool in the fields of national and international security. To illustrate the growth of ‘resilience’ in strategic discourse of some of the most powerful actors of the North Atlantic area, the article is divided in two parts. The first part analyzes the national security discourse of two major powers in the region, namely Great Britain and the United States. Using the timeframe of 2010–2015, the prominence of resilience is traced in a set of strategic documents. The second part elevates the level of analysis to the two most relevant international organizations – the NATO and the EU. The objective of this part is to discuss the remarkable surge of resilience discourse, which gained a firm ground throughout 2016. The paper, therefore, explores the appeal of resilience for states as well as for international organizations, without drawing a causal relation between the two. It also highlights how resilience has played a powerful role as a value and a principle, as well as a desired end state, against a backdrop of complex and hybrid threats to both national and international security.http://www.obranaastrategie.cz/cs/archiv/rocnik-2017/1-2017/clanky/resilience-v-diskurzu-o-narodni-bezpecnosti.htmlResiliencenational security; Great Britain; United States; European Union; NATONational securityGreat Britain;United StatesEuropean UnionNATO
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Resilience in the National Security Discourse
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European Union
NATO
title Resilience in the National Security Discourse
title_full Resilience in the National Security Discourse
title_fullStr Resilience in the National Security Discourse
title_full_unstemmed Resilience in the National Security Discourse
title_short Resilience in the National Security Discourse
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topic Resilience
national security; Great Britain; United States; European Union; NATO
National security
Great Britain;
United States
European Union
NATO
url http://www.obranaastrategie.cz/cs/archiv/rocnik-2017/1-2017/clanky/resilience-v-diskurzu-o-narodni-bezpecnosti.html
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