The Vital Systems Security collaboration examines how, today, security is being constituted as an object of knowledge, intervention, and political reflection. It proposes that the security of vital systems such as energy, transportation, communication and health is one norm in relationship to which security is being reproblematized. A central goal of the collaboration is to examine these issues through collective, conceptually driven inquiry that addresses rapidly developing contemporary problems.
Der Derian defines it this way:Â “Securitization is the political construction of an issue that is not objectively essential to national survival, but has been portrayed as such by the government in power. Once an issue is labeled as a … Continue reading
