Threat Perception: New Risks, New Threats and New Missions

Abstract

The threats, the potential enemies, the risks and, consequently, the strategies used in each context to face them have all changed. The comparison by countries between futures civil and military elite shows us the palpable differences that exist among both worlds in these questions. Broadly speaking, a very intense inclination among the university students toward the human security could be detected while the cadets are more inclined toward the hard security. Undoubtedly, such a redefinition and adaptation of military missions to the new demands of a globalised world will eventually take precedence.

Citation

Martínez Martínez, R. and Díaz Fernández, A.M. (2007), "Threat Perception: New Risks, New Threats and New Missions", Caforio, G. (Ed.) Cultural Differences between the Military and Parent Society in Democratic Countries (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, Vol. 4), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 129-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1572-8323(07)04006-4