Kireeva, N.V. On systemic approach to defining the main categories of the general security theory.

Abstract: The definition apparatus within the general security theory is not completely formed, which is unfortunate. The legislatively recognized definition of security as “condition of protection of vital interests of person, society and state from internal and external threats’ does not seem appropriate, since the term “condition” characterizes the changes in the matters, and does not allow to establish their common substantial features. Defining security as “protection” seems overly direct and simplified, since it presupposes the possibility of achieving an ideal situation, which is actually impossible to achieve. Defining security threats as “combination of conditions and factors, forming danger to vital interests of person, society and state” is tautological, and it also causes many researchers to generate a maximum number of negative factors, leading to formation of a overly large specter of causes, having negative influence on the process of development, making it hard to specify and evaluate them. The author of this article attempts to uncover the contents of key elements of general security theory from the standpoint of systemic analysis.

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