Transnational security: concept, system, and responses to contemporary challenges and threats

Abstract

From the standpoint of contemporary international law, this article examines the formation of a new collective security framework – transnational security. It addresses the concept and characteristics of transnational security, its relation­ ship to collective and national security, and the institutional aspects of its mechanisms. The study of transnational security offers a more integrated and up-to-date perspective on international security as a whole. Transnational security addresses challenges and threats beyond exclusive national jurisdiction that are not adequately addressed by the existing collective security arrangements envisaged in Chapter VIII of the UN Charter. Transnational security emerges from international legal cooperation targeting cross-border organised crime and associated threats, including terrorism, cybercrime, armed conflict, illicit economies, emergencies, corruption, and unlawful activities by non-state actors.