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<p>Nowadays, there is a continuous and significant change of the international security environment. More and more complex and diversified types of threats are present and the regional security and safety are in danger. The technological evolution from the last decade produced what security experts call the Revolution in Military Affairs. At the same time, it also allowed opponents to use a wide range and diversified means of action. The use of technology offers advantages and disadvantages on both sides. In this regard, it is everyone’s responsibility to identify possible threats or vulnerabilities. It is also everyone’s responsibility to prevent, limit or eliminate the negative impact. Proper establishment of an appropiate security culture, and, at the same time an effective security education, in accordance with the existing threats, are essential for the state, in its effort of creating and maintaining a stable and secure environment for its citizens. Starting from the research hypothesis that there appear to be new threats in the contemporary security environment, I have developed three directions on which I focused my research effort. I intended to use a deductive approach and I aimed to identify the positive aspects that can be maintained, but also other measures and actions that can be integrated into security education so that the individual as part of the state, to achieve the appropriate level of security. For this I have applied multiple research methods specific to the security field, such as the theoretical analysis, comparative analysis, observation, longitudinal method, and also the case study.</p>
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Nowadays, there is a continuous and significant change of the international security environment. More and more complex and diversified types of threats are present and the regional security and safety are in danger. The technological evolution from the last decade produced what security experts call the Revolution in Military Affairs. At the same time, it also allowed opponents to use a wide range and diversified means of action. The use of technology offers advantages and disadvantages on both sides. In this regard, it is everyone’s responsibility to identify possible threats or vulnerabilities. It is also everyone’s responsibility to prevent, limit or eliminate the negative impact. Proper establishment of an appropiate security culture, and, at the same time an effective security education, in accordance with the existing threats, are essential for the state, in its effort of creating and maintaining a stable and secure environment for its citizens. Starting from the research hypothesis that there appear to be new threats in the contemporary security environment, I have developed three directions on which I focused my research effort. I intended to use a deductive approach and I aimed to identify the positive aspects that can be maintained, but also other measures and actions that can be integrated into security education so that the individual as part of the state, to achieve the appropriate level of security. For this I have applied multiple research methods specific to the security field, such as the theoretical analysis, comparative analysis, observation, longitudinal method, and also the case study.

Security Education – The Main Tool for Strengthening the Security Culture

Land Forces Academy Review

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Nowadays, there is a continuous and significant change of the international security environment. More and more complex and diversified types of threats are...

Security Education – The Main Tool for Strengthening the Security Culture

Published Online: Sep 27, 2022

Page range: 221 - 234

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2022-0029

Keywords
state, security environment, threat, security culture, security education

© 2022 Georgiana-Daniela Lupulescu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Security Education – The Main Tool for Strengthening the Security Culture

Published Online: Sep 27, 2022

Page range: 221 - 234

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2022-0029

Keywordsstate, security environment, threat, security culture, security education

© 2022 Georgiana-Daniela Lupulescu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
state, security environment, threat, security culture, security education