International security through further modernity: A theoretical approach to inland and maritime security

This paper focuses on the relationship of modernity and international security, taking into account the rising international terrorism, piracy and terror acts on international seas; utilising a political theory approach. Its main argument is that international security can be strengthened by further developing the project of modernity. Therefore, it suggests a Habermasian liberal-social synthesis form for global governance, where the idealist International Relations theory is at the heart of the model. To this end, it first analyses the modern nation-state experience as its political institutions have been highly successful in providing security (and also attaining legitimacy) by means of such an understanding; albeit at the national level. Subsequently, it examines the feasibility of a global governance model for the lands and the seas of the world, which follows the footsteps of the nation-states.