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In view of the indicated range of problems and against the background of the just effected repositioning of the security policy on the basis of the NSS, the British security and defence policy is about to face a profound and radical change whose basic concepts will become apparent in the coming twelve months. It will thus be the new British government's task in the second half of 2010 to cope with the financial gap, the waning international standing, and the operational overburdening of the British security and defence policy. Whoever may be the winner of the election there is no getting around from making a thorough and comprehensive restructuring. In spite of the far-reaching changes, the NSS update and even the coming Green Paper represent thus only interim steps in an in-depth British strategy debate with an open outcome. The German politicians ought to attentively follow this debate. Above all, it is the most important European partner after France who is going to readjust the course of its security and defence policy with far-reaching consequences for the further development of NATO and ESDP. But the new German government, too, will be confronted with similar problems after the 2009 elections: financial pressure on the defence budget, growing strain resulting from the unpopular Afghanistan mission, and the search for a new security role in the global structure which is getting more and more complex. (Europäische Sicherheit / SWP)

The subject of this article is energy security. An in-depth study of the literature on the subject and the analysis of normative documents allowed to formulate the main objective of the work, which is to describe energy security as a component of state security. The goal formulated in such a way creates the need to solve the main research problem of this study, presented in the form of a question: What is the significance of energy security as a component of state security? Achieving the assumed goal and solving the research problem was supported by studying the subject literature and normative documents, as well as the hypothesis that energy security is an important component of state security, and its role is constantly increasing, confirmed in the course of the study.

Hans Rattinger, Don Munton (Herausgeber): Debating National Security. The Public Dimension. Empirische und methodologische Beiträge zur Sozialwissenschaft, Band 7. Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, Bern, New York, Paris 1991. 408 Seiten, 103,- DM

Verwirrend vielfältig erscheint dem externen Beobachter die Anzahl und Ausrichtung der US-Nachrichtendienste. Derzeit im Mittelpunkt weltweiten Interesses steht die NSA. die National Security Agency. Sie ist das elektronische Zentrum der amerikanischen Intelligence Community und steht derzeit im Verdacht, über Facebook, Google, Apple und Microsoft persönliche Daten von Internetnutzern erhoben zu haben. (Europäische Sicherheit & Technik / SWP)

Im Mai 2010 veröffentlichte die Regierung Obama die neue "National Security Strategy" der USA. Sie definiert die wichtigsten nationalen Interessen der USA, identifiziert Bedrohungen und Gefahren für die nationale Sicherheit und formuliert Regierungskonzepte sowie Antworten auf diese Herausforderungen. Das Factsheet analysiert dieses erste sicherheitspolitische Strategiedokument der Administration Obama und arbeitet vor dem Hintergrund der "National Security Strategies" 2002 und 2006 der Bush-Regierung die konzeptionellen Schwerpunkte, Neuerungen und Kontinuitäten heraus. Abschliessend fragt das Factsheet nach der Bedeutung des Dokuments und des US-amerikanischen sicherheitspolitischen Ansatzes für die Schweiz. Der Fokus richtet sich hierbei vor allem auf die Aspekte der "Homeland Security" und "National Security".

The aim of the article was to identify the subject areas related to the management of the proposals of some elements and to propose the concept of managing Poland's national security for the purposes of developing the act on national security management announced in the National Security Strategy of the Republic of Poland-2020. The main research problem was the question: What key elements and solutions should be included in the concept of national security management for the purpose of developing a draft act on national security management? The following hypothesis was adopted: The national security system should form a coherent, in terms of organization and functionality, system of interrelated management and executive bodies. Unfortunately, the existing national security system of the Republic of Poland does not fully meet the above requirements, which has already been signaled many times, for example during successive strategic national security reviews and strategic defense reviews. Moreover, the concept of national security management should, in particular, specify the answers to the following questions: 1) What is contemporary national security? 2) What is national security management? 3) What are the key challenges facing national security management? 4) What is the role of policy and strategy in national security management? 5) What should be the architecture of the national security management system during the war. The verification of the above hypothesis and answering the above questions required a critical analysis of legal acts, strategic documents and selected items of literature on the subject. The results of the author's many years of research in this area were also taken into account.

Food is a vital element of the functioning of society. Without food, humans, as a species, simply cannot exist. Ensuring food security of the country is one of the priority directions of state economic policy, the most important factor in the economic security of the nation, one of the main tasks of government bodies. The article analyzes the conceptual regulation of the term "food security". Food security is an important component of the security system of Russia. By ensuring the food security, the inviolability of the state and its sovereignty are ensured, the demographic situation, the socio-economic provisions of the population are maintained, the necessary and sufficient conditions are formed to maintain the health and quality of life of citizens of the Russian Federation. Within the framework of the article, the main directions of ensuring the food security of the Russian Federation and their implementation are considered.

Ausgangspunkt des vorliegenden Beitrages sind folgende Fragen: Belegen die militärischen Interventionen nach dem 11. September 2001, dass die Vereinigten Staaten - zumindest im Bereich des außen- und sicherheitspolitischen Entscheidungsprozesses - noch nicht (oder nicht mehr) wirklich demokratisch organisiert sind? Wenn sich die USA tatsächlich zu einem "Crusader State" entwickelt haben, wird dann der missionarische Einsatz für die weltweite Verbreitung der Demokratie mit einer dauerhaften Beeinträchtigung demokratischer Partizipation im eigenen Land erkauft? Schlägt das liberale Empire gleichsam im Inneren gegen die demokratische Selbstbestimmung zurück? Die Autoren untersuchen in drei Dimensionen - in der Gesellschaft insgesamt, im Verhältnis zwischen Administration und Kongress sowie innerhalb des Regierungsapparats - mögliche Degenerationsformen der US-Demokratie, die mit den Konzepten des Garnisonsstaates, des Sicherheitsstaates und dem Begriff der imperialen Präsidentschaft umschrieben werden können. Nach ihren Ergebnissen kann gegenwärtig kein klarer Trend in Richtung Militarismus und autoritärer Präsidentschaft festgestellt werden. Dass die Bush-Regierung den Präventivkrieg gegen den Irak nach innen durchsetzen konnte, lag weniger an einer Degeneration der amerikanischen Demokratie, sondern eher an anderen Faktoren, wie der hohen militärtechnologischen Überlegenheit der USA und der Verunsicherung der Bevölkerung nach den Terroranschlägen von New York und Washington. (ICI2)