ABSTRACT
The rhetorical approaches become complementary tools in the analysis of security rather than contradictory paradigms. Each approach offers a partial understanding of insecurity. The multiple sources of insecurity that influence the behavior of states require analysis if more pacific relations are to be had. To date, the discipline has yet to provide a comprehensive analysis of the multiple sources of insecurity that confronts states and a means to overcome them. Because the study of security bridges the divide between theory and policy, it is imperative that a concept of security emerge that is both philosophically coherent and policy relevant. While realism necessarily demonstrates the potential dangers that could befall a state in anarchy, it cannot be considered a complete rendition of international relations. The framework developed here provides a way for states to investigate both the material and cultural sources of their shared insecurity.
