openSecurity intends to open-up the traditionally closed debate about the priorities of security on a national and international level. It seeks to become a repository of voices in the security debate, archiving podcasts and transcripts of significant lectures by practitioners and academics in the field and making them accessible to a broader audience than they would otherwise reach.
openSecurity already publishes highly valued daily security briefings, keeping hundreds of people up to date with breaking news and developments in the field.
While openSecurity will air the voices of individuals from within national military and diplomatic establishments and respect their opinions, it wishes to break with the traditional proximity of research in security studies and the said establishments, inviting those without professional military interests to contribute to and challenge existing practice and thought.
By commissioning leading analysts, commentators and practitioners in the field of security to write brief, accessible articles for a broad audience without assuming a degree of specialist knowledge, openSecurity hopes to spread understanding of emerging and established currents of thought in security studies.
Working on such a basis, it is hoped the slow percolation of academic insights into mainstream media coverage and debate will be accelerated, and public understanding of security issues, developments and crises will keep pace with specialist knowledge.
Daniel-Joseph MacArthur-Seal
Editor
