What are traditional insecurity factors?

(1) Traditional security threat factors

Mainly refer to the military threats faced by the country and military factors that threaten international security. According to the degree of threat, it can be divided into three categories: arms race, military deterrence and war. War includes world war, total war and local war, international war and domestic war, conventional war and nuclear war, etc. Traditional security threats have a long history. Since there have been countries, there have been military threats between countries. But people called military threats traditional security threats only after the concept of national security and the new security concept were put forward. In 1943, American columnist Lippmann proposed "national security" for the first time. The word (National Security), American academic circles define national security as the threat, use and control of military power, and it has almost become a synonym for military security. Since the 1970s and 1980s, people have called the security concept with military security as the core the traditional security concept, military threats as traditional security threats, and security threats other than military as non-traditional security threats.

(2) Non-traditional security threat factors

Relative to traditional security threat factors, it refers to other threats to sovereign countries and the overall survival of mankind other than military, political and diplomatic conflicts. factors that threaten development. Non-traditional security issues mainly include: economic security, financial security, ecological environment security, information security, resource security, terrorism, weapons proliferation, disease spread, transnational crime, drug smuggling, illegal immigration, piracy, money laundering, etc. Non-traditional security issues have the following main characteristics: First, they are transnational. Non-traditional security issues have obvious transnational characteristics from their emergence to resolution. They are not only individual issues existing in a certain country, but also issues related to the interests of other countries or the entire human race; they not only pose a security threat to a certain country, but also It may harm the national security of other countries to varying degrees. The second is uncertainty. Non-traditional security threats do not necessarily come from a sovereign country, but are often caused by non-state actors such as individuals, organizations or groups. The third is transformation. There is no absolute boundary between non-traditional security and traditional security. If conflicts on non-traditional security issues intensify, they may be resolved by relying on military means of traditional security, or even evolve into armed conflicts or local wars. The fourth is dynamics. Non-traditional security factors are constantly changing. For example, with the development of medical technology, certain epidemic diseases may no longer be regarded as a threat to national development; and with the continuous escalation of terrorism, counter-terrorism has become an important issue in maintaining national security. components. The fifth is sovereignty. The state is the subject of non-traditional security, and sovereign states have the right to make independent decisions in solving non-traditional security issues. Sixth, collaboration. Strengthen international cooperation in dealing with non-traditional security issues, aiming to reduce threats to a minimum.