Securitization: Shifting an issue out of the realm of ‘normal’ political debate into the realm of emergency politics by presenting it as an existential threat. Securitizing

Speech Act: The act of saying security in relation to an issue.

Securitizing Move: An attempt to securitize an issue by labeling it as a security issue.

Desecuritization: Shifting an issue out of the realm of securitization and emergency politics back into the realm of ‘normal’ political or technical debate.

Asecurity: A condition in which issues tend to remain un-securitized, and are dealt with primarily as political issues or considered as non-political.

Securitizing Actors: These are governments, international organizations or civil society actors that securitize an issue by articulating the existence of threat(s) to the survival of specific referent object.