Security and Strategic Studies within International Relations: Theoretical Delineation, Developmental Trajectories, and Contemporary Challenges
Journal: Auspicia
Year: 2026

The article examines the evolving relationship between strategic and security studies within the broader framework of international relations. These subfields, originally intertwined during the Cold War, have undergone substantial theoretical and methodological differentiation in response to changing dynamics of global and regional security developments. The article identifies strategic studies as a subfield focused on how actors – primarily states – use military means to achieve political objec