Manifestations of security culture at national level

Abstract

We are moving towards a new security paradigm in which the predictability and stability of the system of international relations are directly impacted by global strategic rivalry, with a significant potential for rearranging the relationships between strategic players with global interests. The concept of security culture must be understood in this context, integrated into the security paradigm, and tailored to the dynamics of the international security environment, as it affects a variety of fields in addition to security, including the military, economic, socio-political, and cultural ones. Using several studies and opinion surveys conducted by public opinion polling institutions and, respectively, by non-governmental organizations, regarding the measurement of the security culture and the reactions to it, it is crucial to examine the relationship between security culture and hybrid threats, societal resilience, information warfare, cyber security, or emerging threats. It is also important to follow the evolution of the concept of „security culture” in Romania. Last but not least, this essay aims to examine the distinctive components of security culture from fields and action directions while also offering a number of suggestions for raising security culture in Romania

Keywords

• security culture;
• resilience;
• strategy;
• security