The role of military in national development: a case study of Kenya

Abstract

The study of national security has been mainly confined in the developed world with fully developed theoretical frameworks. In the third world the western theories that have formed the basis of international studies seem not to be applicable. This study has looked at the developed world security theories and applied them to the third world scenario. The end of the cold war has aroused new thinking in the international system and has in particular affected the discourse of security studies. However, the concerns in the developed world on the expansion of the national security theoretical framework to include other issues other than military strategy to include, economic, environmental, political and societal issues has a different implications in the third world. This study is an attempt to look at the national security discourse and development and their interaction in the third world from the military strategy perspective.