%0 Journal Article %T Joint Security Concepts - Similarities and Differences %A Florin Iftode %J Acta Universitatis Danubius : Relationes Internationales %D 2008 %I Danubius University %X Studying the concepts of war and peace has played an important role in defining thedevelopment of social sciences throughout history. Although the study of these concepts can beobserved in time ever since the ancient Greek philosophy, the emergence of international relations, asa distinct discipline, has occurred in the early twentieth century, as a result of the attempts to explainthe outbreak of the First World War and to avoid its repetitiveness. As one of the most importantconcepts used in international relations, the security is one of the most discussed and disputed. %K social sciences %K Greek philosophy %K international relations %U http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/internationalis/article/view/1458/1213