New Interpretation on Peace and International Security and Its Influence on the National Sovereignty

Establishment of international peace and security has been among the oldest aspirations of mankind. Peace and security have never had a firm concept but have changed gradually within the years. Before the recent changes in international relations, according to the system that called Westphalia Regime, peace and security were regarded as respecting to the meaning of sovereign rights, equality rights, observance of states immunity and their representatives, respect to territorial integrity of states, non-intervention in each other's internal affairs and peaceful settlement of deputies. However, globalization has changed the concept of international peace and security. In this period, the essence of threats has been changed so as to the threats have been extended from military aspect to other aspects including: poverty and starvation, terrorism, smuggling and organized crimes, breakout of epidemic, uncontrolled immigration, destruction of environment and human rights violation. According to such an interpretation of international peace and security, the security council of the United Nations which is the main organ for protecting peace and security, after the end of the cold war, has regarded humanitarian crisis, ethnic cleaning, political regime change as the threats to the international peace and security.