Security in the Contemporary World — Part 2: New Threats, Cooperation and India: visual lesson, CBSE Class 12 Political Science

Lesson

New sources of threat, cooperation and India

Part 2 — new threats, cooperative security and India's strategy.

In this lesson you will

Analyse terrorism, human rights, global poverty, migration and epidemics as threats
Distinguish refugees from internally displaced persons
Explain cooperative security, its levels and actors
Describe the four components of India's security strategy

Part 2 at a glance

Concept

Table contrasting the older focus on enemy armies, border wars and military balance with newer threats: attacks on civilians, rights abuses, poverty, migration and epidemics
Older focus	Newer sources of threat
Armies of other states	Groups that attack civilians
Border wars	Abuse of people's rights
Military balance	Poverty, migration, epidemics

Diagram

How terrorism uses fear

Terrorism is political violence that deliberately and indiscriminately targets civilians to create fear.