First aid is the implementation of measures of the immediate care taken of the lives of people with traumas and illnesses until they are given professional medical assistance. It consists of a series of simple, but sometimes life-saving, medical techniques that can be performed with minimal equipment and by military personnel who are generally free of special medical education. This report examines the methodology of the first aid cadet training at Vasil Levski National Military University.

In its essence, terrorism is a human destructive activity and as such it is characterized by certain motives, needs, etc. It is important for the researchers to analyze in detail the needs that underlie normal human functioning and those that determine terrorism and integration into a terrorist organization. It is quite possible that such a research approach leads to the conclusion that they are not principally, qualitatively different, rather the needs of the terrorist are hypertrophied basic human needs, and the differences are quantitative. The current paper presents some results of the analyses of the main determinants of motivation for terrorism -the need for power; belonging, recognition and self-realization as undoubted motivators of terrorist activity, etc.

Extreme social environment is an intricate set of internal and external environmental factors resulting from the occurrence of contradictions and conflicts in the sphere of social relations. This report dwells on the professional readiness of the law-enforcement structures personnel for action in extreme social environment.

The EU membership of Bulgaria has created new opportunities for enhancing the country’s role and prestige in the international community. Bulgaria is actively involved in the efforts to reform the world’s organisations to increase its efficiency and the further democratisation of the system of international relations. In the present paper some determinants of the external influence on the Bulgarian national security policy are analyzed and described.

The mission of the Vasil Levski National Military