The main features of non-traditional security are

The main characteristics of non-traditional security are: uncertainty, suddenness and transnationality.

Non-traditional security is the external state, form and internal subjective feeling of global security, national security and human security through mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality and cooperation without any form of danger, threat, infringement and misleading. It corresponds to the traditional security, and also refers to the new security concept corresponding to the traditional security concept.

2065438+01September, the State Council Press Office, China summarized the increasingly prominent human security issues, including terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, financial crisis, serious natural disasters, climate change, energy and resources security, food security, public health security and so on, and these issues will increase day by day.

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Non-traditional security issues have obvious transnational characteristics from generation to solution, which are not only individual issues of a certain country, but also issues related to the interests of other countries or all mankind. It not only poses a security threat to a certain country, but also may endanger the national security of other countries to varying degrees.

First of all, many non-traditional security threats are "global problems", such as the destruction of the earth's ozone layer, the loss of biodiversity and the spread of serious infectious diseases. It is not a security threat to a country or a group of countries, but is related to the overall interests of all mankind. Secondly, many non-traditional security threats have obvious proliferation effects.

For example, the financial crisis in East Asia and Latin America started in one country and eventually spread to the whole region. With its continuous spread, its harmfulness gradually accumulates and increases, leading to a greater crisis. Third, many actors of non-traditional security threats are scattered in various countries in a "networked" way.