The Impact of the Aviation Industry on International Security Threats, Case Study of Health Threats (2002–2020)

Abstract

Technologies and communication devices, especially those used in the military area, such as the invention of the atomic bomb or radar, have revolutionized security studies. But this impact is not limited to military technology. Things like the aviation industry have also had an impact on 21st-century security and new threats by changing the social relation on human life. Countries faced with new threats, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, led us to examine the root of the creation and globalization of such threats. Given that the aviation industry has the absolute ability to transfer any type of person or factor in the global arena with remarkable speed, this feature makes the aviation industry a platform for the spread of threats and evolve them as a transnational threat. Given the increasing growth of the aviation industry and its far-reaching effects on the international community, the field of security threats has also evolved due to the effects of this technology. This article, to understand how the aviation industry affects security threats, examines the examples of health threats and based on that, a hypothesis about the impact of this industry on the evolution of threats.