Paradygmat bezpieczeństwa międzynarodowego pierwszej dekady XXI wieku

The article attempts to answer the question if the paradigm of international security appears in contemporary international relations and if it is identical to objects of international relations functioning in the first decade of the 21st century and thus to verify which pattern of the security object is the basis to form it. The thesis of the article is that the paradigm of international security exists. It evolves in time together with the objects of international relations and changing conditions of international security. Basing on the conducted considerations a conclusion has been drawn that contemporary international security paradigm is not homogeneous for all objects of international relations and its specific universality results from a certain set of characteristics that appear in the international security environment (global, regional, sub-regional and local) and are identical for most objects emerging in international relations. This means that the existing security paradigm holds partial characteristics of international security environment which are identical to most objects appearing in it. It not only takes different forms in case of particular security dimensions (global, regional, sub-regional and local) but also for particular objects.