The main dilemmas of the citizen's political security in Arab societies

Abstract

The citizen within Arab countries faces a set of formal and informal governmental dilemmas that reflect negatively on their political security in particular and on human security in general, which ultimately lead to the creation of economic, social, cultural and religious crises that threaten the stability of political regimes in Arab countries. Therefore, this study aims to verify the hypothesis that the political security of the Arab citizen is affected negatively or positively by the governmental dilemmas that the state and official institutions have a role in its formation, as well as the non-governmental dilemmas that are beyond the control of the state and its official institutions. This study used several approaches in order to address and define all aspects related to the topic, such as the descriptive approach and the constructive approach. Likewise, government documents and data mentioned in reports issued by research and studies centers, conferences and regional and international organizations concerned with the study of political security were hotspots for obtaining information. The study tries to formulate a new research vision aimed at highlighting the importance of the issue of political security for the citizen in the Arab regimes, given the novelty of the topic in the first place, and the fact that it is a subject that raises many questions and inquiries that may contribute to providing solutions to the many crises afflicting Arab societies. The results of the study showed that many governmental dilemmas resulting from the constitution, declining democracy, political corruption, political violence and poverty, as well as non-governmental dilemmas such as informal political violence, political sect, terrorism and organized crime have negatively affected the strengthening of the political security of the Arab citizen.