THE CONCEPT OF RESILIENCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY SECURITY ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

In recent years, resilience has emerged as a central concept in national and international
security discourses, featuring prominently in strategic frameworks and policy documents across various sectors.
This paper will analyze how resilience has come to play a significant discursive role in the field of national and international security. Тhe analysis strongly suggests that resilience has become the new buzzword of national security. “Resilience” is the necessary ability of a critical entity to prevent, protect, respond, resist, mitigate, secure, adapt, and recover from an incident.
This is evidenced by positioning resilience as a core concept in many key strategic documents. In line with its broad applicability, the term has dominated security discourse on the strategic level.
The paper argues for a more integrated and operationalized understanding of resilience—one that aligns institutional preparedness, community empowerment, and trategic foresight in addressing the complex security environment of the 21st century.