Security has been a defining fea­ture of international relations for ages. Traditionally, security has been defined as deterrence against any external aggression. More specif­ically from a traditional lens, security has been viewed as securing borders from any ag­gression of external enemies since much of human histo­ry. Prominent security schol­ars from Sun Tzu to Clausewitz, this sense of security has prevailed which forced monarchies and king­doms to have a powerful military force and modernization of troops through­out the history of sapiens.

However, since the end of the Cold War (Dec 1991), this traditional con­cept of security has been challenged and the scope of security has expanded and broadened in many dimensions. Promi­nent international and security analysts opined that in the 21st century secur­ing borders from external aggression does not provide a complete spectrum of security due to the complex and ever-changing nature of war and peace in in­ternational scenarios.

Therefore, eminent international scholar Barry Buzan opined that secu­rity is all about the capability of a state to maintain its independence, ideology, and functional integrity. In this regard, security can be redefined in many ways like political security, economic securi­ty, societal security, environmental secu­rity, cyber security, human security, and military security. All of these security di­mensions combined to come up with a comprehensive sense of security.

Let’s talk about political security which is defined as a peaceful and sta­ble sense of politics and political na­ture within the domestic territory of the country, ensuring a peaceful transfer of power. Political security is a subset of all other security in today’s world and pro­vides a reservoir for other sense of se­curity. For example, America has been able to........

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