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

Authors

  • Vladimir V. Меrkushin Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

transnational security, collective security, regional security, national security, transnational organised crime, modern challenges and threats, international law
Supporting Agencies
The author is grateful to doctor of science (law), professor E. F. Douhan for expert evaluation and constructive feedback on the article draft.

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 relationship 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. 

Author Biography

  • Vladimir V. Меrkushin, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (law), docent; doctoral researcher

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Published

2025-12-19

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No. 2 (2025): Journal of the Belarusian State University. International Relations

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International Law

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Меrkushin V.V. 2025. Transnational security: concept, system, and responses to contemporary challenges and threats. Journal of the Belarusian State University. International Relations. 2 (Dec. 2025), 15–20. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6848-2025-2-%p.