A nation faces various types of threats in today’s world. These can be of two types- traditional security threats and non-traditional security threats.
- Traditional security threats are threats to national security that arise out of conventional international issues such as water sharing, land sharing, etc.
- Non-traditional security issues are challenges to the survival and well-being of people and states that arise out of non-military sources, such as ethno-nationalism leading to ethnic conflicts, climate change, resources scarcity, infectious diseases, natural disasters, irregular migration, food shortages, people smuggling, cyberspace security risks, drug trafficking and transnational crime.
COVID-19 and its devastating consequences, both in terms of loss of lives and economic recession, have brought the attention of the policymakers on the rising non-traditional security threats posed to the entire world. While the focus on traditional military threats to the physical security of the country and its people is important, the interconnected and interdependent nature of the world today demands equal attention towards non-traditional security threats. One critical aspect of non-traditional security is threats posed to societies by natural and man-made disasters.
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