ABSTRACT
Strategic culture is defined as comprising the widely shared, identity derived norms, ideas and beliefs about the legitimate use of force by the state for the provision of security against perceived existential threats. The relative similarities in power capabilities and institutions in the cases analysed show strategic culture to be the most important structural cause of the observed differences in the use of force. This chapter discusses the Policy windows then serve as triggering events or efficient causes', which logically pre-date securitisation processes. It explains the theoretical model proposed here, power and institutions are proposed as two other important structural conditioners'. The chapter discusses the some countries; decision-makers face more legal requirements to receive formal approval by parliament or other democratic institutions. It explains the Securitisation and resonance occur in parallel and constitute a phase of agential social interaction between securitisation and strategic culture.
