Internal Security Challenges of the Republic of Macedonia up to 2018

• Main Author: Ilija Jovanov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje 2019-06-01
• Series: Bezbednosni Dijalozi
• Subjects: security risks; terrorism; organized crime; illegal migration; illegal trafficking; macedonia
• Online Access: http://periodica.fzf.ukim.edu.mk/sd/SD%2010.1%20(2019)/SD%2010.1.12%20Jovanov,%20I.%20-%20Internal%20Security%20Challenges%20of%20the%20Republic%20of%20Macedonia%20up%20to%202018.pdf

To define the internal security challenges of a country today when preserving peace and stability in the world is very far behind the geographical boundaries of the country, and the threats and risks getting even more universal and unpredictable character, the indivisibility of security gets real confirmation and the construction of joint security policies between countries becomes urgent need and necessity. The modern world in which we live on the one hand is a world of uncertainties, risks, and threats, and on the other hand, is a world of new trends of rapid technological development and a world that requires new and modern security concepts and solutions. Emerging threats and risks are mostly unconventional, unpredictable, and usually invisible and unexpected, but essentially are asymmetrical, with massive consequences and losses in people, technical resources, and basic goods.