Development Dimension of Security: Montenegro Case

Transnational threats become more visible with the growing effect of globalization. In order to deal with these threats in multidimensional and far-reaching way, United Nations found a new security approach in 1994. Human security notion, which is mentioned in 1994 Human Development Report, aims to sustain security in economic, social, political, educational and ecologic manners. Human security emphasizes development as well as individual’s security. Human security aims states to achieve development goals so they can be successful to sustain security. Thus, development dimension is added to security by means of human security. In this article, we try to find answers for two questions that what development means for security studies and if there is, any link between European Union’s conditionally strategy and States’ development and their human security progress. We will examine European Union’s conditionality and enlargement strategy on Montenegro whether these strategies caused development and human security progress or not. Montenegro’s any progress will be examined though the data from Human Development Reports, Global Peace Index and Transparency International. Finally, based upon achieved progress in Montenegro, the role of European Union for achieving progress in Montenegro and development dimension of security will be explained