Euro-Atlantic Security and Institutional Resilience: Analyzing the Conceptual Use and Topical Variations

Background: The present article reflects the main themes and topics related to Euro-Atlantic Security and institutional resilience in terms of a cross-scale spectrum (personal-human-private-institutional). Objectives: The objectives of the research associate the theoretical development and the analytical framework on Euro-Atlantic security and institutional resilience rooted in concepts-based analysis, namely: “security resilience”, Euro-Atlantic alliance”, “Euro-Atlantic solidarity”, “social security”, “human security” and “personal security”. Methods: Developing the analytical tools and methods depends on the convergence of multiple approaches, including (i) comparing the apex for the use of concepts; (ii) relational analysis representation of the use of concepts; (iii) analyzing the relation between concepts in different periods. The article also outlines the qualitative analysis featuring the use of the Google Ngram Viewer (Google Ngram) on digitalised literature for the period 2000-2019. Results and findings: From an analytical perspective, the research sets three relevant factors: “Euro-Atlantic security”, “security resilience”, and “human security”. Conclusions: The study adopts quantitative and qualitative research collecting and analyzing information and data through a chronological design conducted in the period 2000-2019.