GLOBALISATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE

OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Burduhos Petrică
Instituția, burduhos.p@gmail.com
Scientific coordinator: Lt.Col.Conf. Univ.Dr.Ioan Gabriel POPA

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to outline a current description of the security
environment's globalisation through the lens of international organisations. Given the
general process of globalisation it was inevitable that security would be caught in as well.
Nowadays, organisations such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation or even the
Interpol contribute to various aspects of national and international security. Nations
collaborate like never before to secure their future. Cooperation among foreign nations is
not always easy. Nations also compete, even in the face of imminent threats.

Keywords: Globalisation; International; Security.

The notion of globalization appears in contemporary international public discourse

more and more often. Globalization is always regarded as the main reason why a phenomenon
manifests itself, indirectly and causally, in different parts of the world, generating waves of
repercussions; this reality determines, among other things, the intensification of
interdependence relations between states. The active agents that promote globalization, the
subjects of this process, can be states, international organizations or even large corporations or
companies with worldwide representation, including belonging to the mass media segment,
entities engaged in the fulfilment of constitutional purposes or, as the case may be, statutory.

The diversity of the qualities of the active subjects of globalization, as well as the large
number of them, demonstrate the substantial scope of this process and its significance in the
current world context, conferring all the attributes of an important scientific research topic.
Given that globalization is, above all, a process of interdependencies, a reality that brings into
the same interaction plan subjects of international law from different areas of the globe,
elements that, until recently, were not considered to be part of the same system of equations,
the states have begun to adapt accordingly the national modalities of knowledge and
management of the process in this case, including the first contact points existing at the level
of their own defence systems, public order and national security.

Within an integrated and specialized approach, we appreciate that national defence

systems, public order and national security (and, within them, the component institutions)
constitute the first contact points of the states in relation to most of the repercussions of
globalization. In some cases, they even determine and / or manage the effects of globalization,
being responsible for exploiting the opportunities or counteracting the negative effects of this
process, as well as maintaining the risks and threats to the national security plan at a
reasonable level. In order to best serve the member state, we believe that national defence,
public order and national security systems, including their components, must go on a
permanent path of adaptation to the challenges of this global process.

Thus, the dynamics of vulnerabilities, risks, dangers, threats and aggression against
national security should be opposed by system states, as dynamic and flexible, defence, public
order and national security. As a consequence, it is useful to point out some national ways of
adaptation, taking into account the role of the state in the development of social processes, its
areas of interest and responsibility, the need and the extent of promoting globalization models
in accordance with the fundamental interests of the actors of this process, such as and national
procedures for exploiting opportunities / countering threats or addressing new challenges in
the international security environment.

At the end of the Cold War, the continent's unstable environment stimulated the
regionalization of security issues. The process, points out the specialists in globalization,
combined with the international initiatives, has produced a re-establishment of a cooperative
or common security regime at global level, in the context of the UN reform.
WEU and OSCE take on new roles and responsibilities. International consultation and
coordination mechanisms are created with scope on the internal problems of the Member
States. Our continent is forming a new structure of collective security, which more deeply
integrates the military and security aspects. Zbigniew Brzezinski notes that the security
strategy of the twentieth century is outdated, given the new global vulnerabilities, with
disastrous effects at the regional level. Regional security is a necessity imposed by many
determinations: the challenges of the phenomenon of globalization, the great difficulties that
are presently encountered by the states of the region, economically, ethnically, in
environmental issues and beyond. In the Middle East, for example, economic and security
deficits, in the opinion of analysts, cannot be solved on the grassroots by external force
solutions, which generate phenomena of rejection, resentment. 1
The Muslim problem must be "viewed from a regional rather than a global perspective,
and through a geopolitical, not theological, prism." In the "new global Balkans", a space
between the Persian Gulf and Xinjiang, Brzezinski sees a major challenge for the US at least a
generation from here. Overwhelmed by violence, social injustice, massive demographic
growth, the region will have to build security through US cooperation with its traditional
partners: Turkey, Israel, India, Russia. Only they have their own internal security problems
and, moreover, they have a security agenda that does not correspond every time with that of
America. Oil, we could say, is at the heart of the security issue of the Central Asia and the
Gulf region, where the US is heavily involved.
Therefore, their solution requires great efforts of regional and global cooperation. As in
the view of the same American analyst, the security of the Southeast Asia region is
determined by the cooperation of China, Japan and the USA. Important regional forums, such
as ASEAN, OUA or OSA, set up on three continents (Asia, Africa and Latin America),
institutionalize regional cooperation on security issues and multilateral dialogue, under the
conditions of globalization. Returning to the Asian space, we will emphasize that an eloquent
demonstration on the determinations of regional security and the report on regional security -
globalization is made by Francis Fukuyama. He brings as an example the example of
Northeast Asia, where, through China's efforts, important regional pacts have been made -
China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, ASEAN + Three, Northeast Asia and East Asia Free Trade

1
Zbigniew Brzezinski; America si lumea , (editura Antenet revolution, 2005), p55.
Area -Asian Free Trade. The latter, in a shameless vision, could be the basis of some regional
security arrangements. 2
On the other hand, the Japanese, in their turn, created self-centred trade pacts as a
counterbalance to China's initiatives, obviously aiming at conquering regional supremacy.
Fukuyama suggests that the US could, instead of the bilateral alliance system, constitute a
regionally based multilateral organization structure that plays "a very valuable coordinating
role in the event of an unexpected collapse of North Korea." There is no doubt that, at present,
the regional security of North East Asia is focused on the energy interests of the states. The
current rivalry of Japan and China originates from Siberian oil. Putin granted China the right
to participate in the development of the oil fields in Siberia. China is making efforts to import
oil from Venezuela and Canada, as well as from the Persian Gulf. All these efforts show the
Chinese people's express desire to strengthen their energy security and strengthen
international cooperation, weakening the global dominance of the United States.

In the case of the extended Black Sea area, analysts see, through its propulsion and
adjacent areas in the foreground of Euro-Atlantic strategic concerns, a requirement of the
current global interest, a condition for the positive evolution of the political situation and a
guarantee of regional stability and security and , from here, the world. The global role of the
action of the numerous regional cooperation bodies existing in the area - see the Stability Pact
for South East Europe, the Cooperation Process of the States of South East Europe, the
Cooperation Initiative in South East Europe, the Conference of defence Ministers in Europe
South-east, GUUAM -, which have the capacity to generate new initiatives, including in the
field of regional security and defence, indicates a regional - global, bilateral relationship,
supported by large institutions, such as UN, OSCE, NATO, EU etc. 3

In the European part of the Euro-Atlantic area, determinants of regional security are
currently the threats of global terrorism and the increased cross-border risks, which imply the
promotion of the specific needs of the Caucasus, Central Asia and South-East Europe and the
contribution of NATO member states to the new missions, actions that involve the extension
and transformation of the concept of regional security through cooperation, adapting it to
developments within the Alliance and from the global security plan. Regional security, which
is practically a summation of the security of economic, ethnic, state and other entities in the
area, is based on the involvement of states, based on the concept of "common regional
problems - solutions through regional cooperation", in combating risks and threats. current
ones generated by the process of globalization. An objective look at the relationship between
regional security and global security highlights the existence, between the two terms of the
process, of a real congruence and complementarity, materialized by a continuous complement
and mutual support, the only one capable of leading to the establishment and maintenance of
an authentic climate of peace. and zonal, continental and international stability. Of course, in
order to deal with the multiple problems of the current security environment, regional and
global policies in the field must be harmonized, removing any contradiction or non-
involvement, against the background of the broad institutionalized and regularized nature of
contemporary military and political globalization.

2
Francis FUKUYAMA, Momentul neoconservator, The National Interest nr. 76, Summer 2004, traducere de
Maria Bercea, în Revista 22, nr. 759 din 22-29 sept. 2004, www.revista22.ro/html/index.php?nr=2004-09-
22&art=1156
3
Nicolae FILIPESCU, Conductele şi geopolitica, Revista 22, nr. 778 din 4-11 febr. 2005,
www.revista22.ro/html/index.php?art=1488&nr=2005-02-04
 As a consequence of globalization, numerous transnational developments and processes
have a significant impact on national security. In addition to stimulating economic growth and
opening up societies, recent issues pointed out by specialists highlight some disadvantages of
the globalization process, which may lead to destabilization of some states, alienation of
ancestral customs, vulnerability of entire regions to spontaneous fluctuations in the world
economy. The positive influence of globalization on the democratic community, which
includes 30 percent of the world's population, has 70 percent of the wealth, which guarantees
and stimulates its freedom and prosperity, stability and security. In opposition to this,
however, the domain analysts perceive, as a negative element of globalization, the situation of
the instability arc that stretches from the Middle East to the Asian coast. The area is marked
by problems of great gravity, such as poverty, inefficiency of government, power imbalance,
high unemployment, extremist Islamic fundamentalism and, more importantly, lack of
security. The main dangers of today's world - terrorism, tyranny, perverted governments,
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, ethnic tensions, government failures, resource
scarcity, geopolitical rivalries, drug trafficking and organized crime - find here a fertile
ground for affirmation.