Environmental security implications on the national security of countries-Algeria case study-

Abstract

The growing negative effects of environmental degradation, as a transboundary threat, coincided with the intensification of the search for a more comprehensive concept of security in academia and the military beyond the traditional concept of security. Political stability has become contingent on addressing environmental threats from climate changes with an impact on the economic and security environment.

Within the framework of the endeavour to delineate environmental risks within the security agenda that threatens the State's national security, the content of the article seeks to reveal the interaction between the environmental and national security sectors, with a view to transferring areas of environmental degradation to the public policy sphere in a step towards its security. Thus, the security agenda is reprioritized in accordance with the requirements of non-traditional threats and the challenges posed by the restructuring of security sector professionals/staff.

In the same vein, the impact of environmental threats on Algeria's national security and response mechanisms has been addressed, Through the use of critical security approaches and the use of discourse forms to move environmental issues to the level of public debate in preparation for their security to the extent that they are directed towards the adoption of extraordinary policies within the framework of operational programmes that raise the level of political performance in order to achieve sustainable environmental security in Algeria.