Abolishing the security dilemma: Why we need to integrate the militaries

Beyer, Anna Cornelia

Abstract

This article argues that the Security Dilemma can in fact be abolished by integrating the militaries into one common global organisation, possibly under one common command. The existence and workings of NATO are an approximate example of this ideal in a geographically limited space. For illustrating this argument, this article discusses the logic of the Prisoners Dilemma, as the intellectual model underlying the Security Dilemma, and proposes an alternative version of the Prisoners Dilemma. It is then argued that the Security Dilemma only persists in a politically and economically ever farther integrated world because the international militaries are not integrated and hence partial anarchy persists at least in the military realm. The solution to remaining international conflicts, such as arguably one between the West and Russia recently, would be to expand NATO to include ‘threatening’ states’ militaries until all militaries are joined in a global organisation. Finally, revised non-violent functions for NATO, as well as a global welfare state and an early warning system for civil wars, are proposed and discussed.

Citation

Beyer, A. C. (2018). Abolishing the security dilemma: Why we need to integrate the militaries. Cambridge Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2, 93EAZO. https://doi.org/10.22261/CJES.93EAZO

• Acceptance Date: Nov 14, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jan 10, 2018
• Publication Date: Jan 10, 2018
• Deposit Date: Sep 26, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 22, 2018
• Journal: International journal of humanities and social sciences
• Electronic ISSN: 2514-4634
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 93EAZO
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22261/CJES.93EAZO
• Keywords: Security dilemma, Prisoners dilemma, NATO
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/455045
• Publisher URL: https://www.veruscript.com/journals/cambridge-journal-of-eurasian-studies/a-global-nato/
• Additional Information: Content type: Original article; Peer Reviewed: yes; Review Process: Double blind; Received: 19 July 2017; Accepted: 14 November 2017; Published: ; Copyright: © 2018 Beyer; License: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC‑BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and its authors credited.
• Contract Date: Jan 22, 2018