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liberalism on security declares that cooperation, and security is possible under anarchy 

Despite some differences, Classical Realism and Neo-realism as a whole body of Realist paradigm share some common assumptions that are key in understanding security in international politics. First, the Realism points out that international system is anarchic. Second, power is the defining notion of state behaviors in the anarchic international environment (Ibid: 33-34). Third, states are the most important units/ actors in international politics. Fourth, states are unitary and rational actors.

They are more than agents of states in their search for power (IGOs)

They are more than agents of states in their search for promotion of national interests (IGOs)

They are more than agents of states in their search for seeking security (IGOs)

For the Liberals, international governmental organisations (IGOs) and international regimes are more than agents of states in their search for power, promotion of national interests, and seeking security. As for international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) and multinational corporations, the Liberals see them as not dependent but independent actors pursuing their autonomous agendas which greatly influence state choices and decisions in international politics (Nye and Keohane, 1971a: 337). As Keohane and Nye assert, transnational and sub-national actors which are involved in intensive communication, information, transportation, and finance across state borders play a significant role in many international interactions (Ibid: 332).

Common characteristic of the Critical perspectives regarding security is that they challenge given social and political relations, and identify “ways in which they might be radically changed” (Dannreuther, 2007: 49; Mutimer, 2013: 76).

Securitisation is a framework for security analysis developed by the Copenhagen School at the Conflict and Peace Research Institute in Copenhagen in the 1990s. The concept of the Securitisation, formulated in the works of Ole Waever, Barry Buzan and Jaap de Wilde, broadens content of security by including military and non-military fields into the security studies.

The Cold War that had lasted between 1945 and 1989 ended peacefully. Peaceful end of it in the sense of the absence of a world war between superpowers, however, does not guarantee that there will not be any in the future. Nevertheless, currently, there has been a great power peace, which has been producing its own security implications.

There are various Critical theories or Critical approaches commonly used in the theoretical analyses in international relations, international politics and security studies. This makes the Critical approach heterogeneous reflecting various elements from the Critical security studies to Feminist and Postmodernist ones

The Constructivist approach pays great attention to view that ideas, identity, and interaction are of great importance in international system. For the Constructivist security, as international system is itself a constructed ‘reality’, so is the concept of security in international politics.

Securitisation is a framework for security analysis developed by the Copenhagen School at the Conflict and Peace Research Institute in Copenhagen in the 1990s.

The Cold War that had lasted between 1945 and 1989 ended peacefully. Peaceful end of it in the sense of the absence of a world war between superpowers, however, does not guarantee that there will not be any in the future.

Most noted reference to this way of looking and analysing conflicts around the world and international security is the citation to the article of the Clash of Civilisation of Samuel
Huntington.