А contemporary security threat to North Macedonia: Securitization of emigration and the corruption in public institutions

Arnaudov, Mitko (2022) А contemporary security threat to North Macedonia: Securitization of emigration and the corruption in public institutions. Contemporary Macedonian Defence, XXII (43). pp. 25-36. ISSN 1409-8199

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Abstract

North Macedonia, as a permanent NATO member state, is facing contemporary security threats which do not bring into question its territorial integrity and political independence, but rather its long-term sustainability from an economic and political perspective. Although this state gained its independence in a period and in a region that was extremely unstable, from a security point of view, taking into account the armed clashes and the civil wars on the territories of former Yugoslav federation, its security threats, especially after 2001, have changed essentially. Although it attained its foreign policy goal for full-fledged NATO membership in 2020, North Macedonia was mainly a stable country from the perspective of foreign, so-called hard threats, but meanwhile it has become a vulnerable state as a consequence of its internal issues. The weak economic performances, unstable and corrupt public and political infrastructure, as well as the high rate of emigration of its citizens, as a consequence of internal instability, have brought the sustainability of North Macedonia into question. Analyzing the key contemporary security threats to North Macedonia represents the goal of this paper, as well as establishing how NATO membership contributes to overcoming these threats, and providing recommendations for the future authorities in resolving the afore-stated risks and threats.

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