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Security in the Contemporary World
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In the traditional view of security why most threats to a country’s security come from outside its borders ?

Answer

That is because the international system is rather brutal arena  in which there is no central authority capable of controlling behaviour of the states. Within a country, the threat of violence is regulated by an acknowledge central authority- the government.

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