From National Security to International Security Copenhagen School in Crossways of Structural Realism, English School and Social Constructivism

Abstract

The works Writingsof Buzan, Waever and their colleagues from COPRI
represent the turning point in security analysis and in conceptualiszation of
security in the first half of the 1990's. The Copenhagen conceptualiszation
of security is based on the following goes out fromthree theoretical
approaches - structural realism, the English sSchool and social
constructivism. Buzan, Waever and de Wilde develope the concept of
national security and theyconceptualisze international security. For the
Copenhagen group considersthe main referent object is state, which
abandones leavesthe traditional hierarchy of values, i.e. the main value is
not sovereignty or territoriality any more. The existence of state,
respectivelly the existence of various values of state can be threatened by
political-military as well as by economical, environmental and societalcultural threats. In the process of conceptualiszation of security, the
Copenhagen school places utsmore emphasis on the influenceimpact of the
environment of the state and on the means of way,how the state or political
elites interpret the environment. Buzan and his colleagues understand
security not as objective but as subjective and social constructed fact.