The Community Security according to the theses of the Copenhagen School

Abstract

This After the end of the Cold War and the emergence of internal problems such as the division of societies on the basis of ethnicity and nationalism، the escalation of terrorism، the increase in drug abuse and illegal immigration... etc. ، It became clear that security is not only limited to the external security of countries and the national interests. In fact، internal problems، might pose a fundamental threat to the security of societies، the emergence of internal security threat coincided with the emergence of new security schools and theories. The new theories worked to expand the concept of security when they linked between internal and external security. They considered the security of people and communities as a security reference object، alongside state security. One of the main school that give importance to the internal security as a referent object is the Copenhagen school. The concept of community security is one of its main theses. This study examines the causes of insecurity in the societies and examines how the security might be achieved according to the main thesis of Copenhagen school.