| ID | 154808 |
| Title Proper | National security |
| Other Title Information | between theory and practice |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Clarke, Michael ; Sussex, Matthew ; Medcalf, Rory |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In the process of bringing together this special issue of the Australian Journal of International Affairs, we were struck by how frequently the term ‘national security’ is used and abused, by both academics and policymakers. Some use it to refer to conventional statist threats. Others employ it as a broad catch-all for anything that may create or imply harms against anyone in a particular polity. Still others use the term to justify an array of populist and politicised policy choices with apparently little to justify the link between the threat and the referent object—that is, the thing being secured. |
| `In' analytical Note | Australian Journal of International Affairs Vol. 71, No.5; Oct 2017: p.474-478 |
| Journal Source | Australian Journal of International Affairs Vol: 71 No 5 |
| Key Words | National Security ; Theory and Practice |