Fit For Purpose? Institutions and Cooperation in Contemporary International Security

Abstract

Escalated political disorder and increased scarcity in the policy resources required to deal with complex security challenges appear as two prominent characteristics of the emerging international system. Questions concerning the continued viability of multilateral security institutions together with the durability of cooperative arrangements between various state and non-state actors form a crucial component of the debate concerning the management of emerging security challenges. This panel will examine matters including: ‘doing more with less’ in utilizing cooperation to ensure that the military capabilities required to meet contemporary challenges remain at equilibrium or above in light of falling defence budgets; the condition of existing security institutions to counter the persisting threat of WMD proliferation; questions regarding private security companies as a flexible alternative for security provision considering financial shortcomings at the governmental level; and questions surrounding the cooperative dynamic between two ‘old’ partners – the EU and the US – as both attempt to face down the ‘new’ threat of the Islamic State.

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