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Abstract enThis study aims at analysing the key theoretical debates on new security in International Relations (IR) in the aftermath of the Cold War. Firstly, it starts examining the major theoretical approaches on the new concept of security. It provides a critical reflection on security issues premised upon the view that the wide range of the levels, referents, and dimensions not only reflects an engagement in ‘a continuing process of historical change’, but also it reflects a normative element of a possible transformation within the prevailing order. Secondly, it attempts to demonstrate how the traditional conception of security has dramatically changed both in its levels and dimensions of investigation after the end of the Cold War. Particulary, the redefinition of security is examined through a Critical Security Studies (CSS) perspective combined with Social Constructivism. In sum, this study examines how the concept of security has redefined within the discipline of IR in the beginning of the post-Cold War era.

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