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6 Pol. Q. Int'l Aff. 59 (1997)
National Economic Security

handle is hein.journals/polqurint6 and id is 551 raw text is: ANDRZEJ LUBBE National Economic Security Economic security is, like its military and political counterpart, a vital component of the idea of raison d' tat, or national interest. Precise definition of raison d' tat presents, however, certain difficulties. There is a view that raison d'6tat is so vague and subjective a concept that it has no practical meaning. This seems a reasonable objection only with respect to the operational layer, to the level of concrete political decisions. Individuals, governments and parties may put varying constructions on raison d'gtat depending on their assessments of the international situation, the state of the economy, popular moods or their own system of values and priorities. On the other hand, what is not disputed is that raison d'6tat requires military, political and economic security to be guaranteed or measures taken to restore it. The chief source of controversy is the question of what is to be understood by military or economic security and the methods by which it can be attained. Another problem that may arise is identification of the entity with the prime responsibility for realization of the objectives determining raison d' etat. In the first place this is government, which is also responsible for political security. But it is only one - and not necessarily the most important - of the entities on which economic security depends. Under the conditions of very far-reaching integration, at the stage of economic and monetary union, the significance of government as guarantor of a state's political and economic security will diminish. That being so, it may be more appropriate to concentrate on national interest. A state's interests - raison d'etat - are becoming part and parcel of the interests of an entire grouping. This is not to say that in such circumstances there arises a complete identity of national interest and block interest. Contradictions cannot be eliminated but if integration is far advanced they are unlikely to be of an antagonistic nature since the losses caused by break-up of the grouping will be greater than the costs of compromise. A vital factor buttressing this equation is a belief that, compared with a state of disintegration and division of the group into fully sovereign nations, it raises the level of economic and political security.

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