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State security has changed little despite globalisation, says expert
DUBAI — The Gulf region needs to continue moving towards international institutions such as the GCC to ensure its national security in a globalised world, a security expert said in Dubai.
Professor T.V Paul, an International Relations professor at McGill University Montreal, Canada, made the comments at a seminar on “Globalisation and the Changing National State Security” at the Gulf Research Centre in Dubai on Tuesday evening.
Paul, who specialises in international security, said studies in the field indicate there was little evidence of change in how countries approached their state’s security.
“Despite the world becoming increasingly globalised, countries still tend to approach state security in an isolated manner,” he said.
In particular, Paul cited the United States’ actions in Iraq as a fundamentally traditional approach to protecting their security.
However India and China were seen as the few countries beginning a tendency towards operating through international organisations.
Gulf Research Centre International Studies director Dr Christian Koch said it was interesting to hear TV Paul’s conclusion.
“Great powers have to take an international approach,” Koch said.
“TV Paul said the EU has regional security organisations while the Middle East and South Asia have individual actors.
“The Gulf has a mix of both — the institution of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and regional actors which are more competitive.”
Koch said the challenge lay for poorer, weaker and unstable states such as those in Africa and parts of Asia, that will have the most difficulty in adjusting their approach. “India is definitely shifting in terms of security thinking,” Koch said.
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