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Examine the idea of a ‘balance’ between ‘security’ and ‘liberty’ in modern international politics. Do you think the liberal international order is more ‘security – friendly?

  • UPSC 2012
  • 20 marks
  • Key Concepts in International Relations

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Modern political thought set up the tension. Thomas Hobbes made security the precondition of every other good; John Locke made liberty the purpose for which security is sought. Benjamin Franklin's warning (1755) that those who give up "essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety" deserve neither still frames the debate, which since 2001 has…

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  • The idea of a balance
  • Why the metaphor misleads
  • Is the liberal international order more security-friendly?
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