Reflections of the Pandemic on Global Security: Problems and Solutions

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken its place among the most important developments of the 21st century and has an impact on a global scale, affects our lives in many different ways. New practices in the fields of individual and national security are among the issues affected by the pandemic. With this post-modern update, the pandemic has added a new link to the conceptualization chain, which is expressed as a new security understanding in the International Relations literature. The pandemic has deeply affected some institutions of the digitalized world. Societies, including the education sector, had to change their shell. Education and training institutions have operated remotely using various software during the hard period. Heads of state began to hold their meetings, which are called ‘summits’, without coming together. In the military, some combat elements were out of duty for certain periods, which negatively affected their combat capabilities. Many of the actors in the economic sector have suffered losses due to the pandemic. As a result of all these, the mental health of the societies that have difficulty in adapting to the new normal has been deeply affected. However, as an environmental impact, the pandemic allowed nature and the atmosphere to breathe a little, but this time it caused environmental pollution due to the increase in medical waste. The study presented here tries to deal with the reflections of the pandemic on security on a global scale with a holistic approach and to present a comprehensive analysis.