INTERNAL SECURITY APPROACH IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIETAL SECURITY

In recent years, terror attacks, economic, political and environmental threats which are increasing with globalization day by day have become a security problem for almost every country in the world. For this reason, states have to ask themselves the question of what kind of internal security approach should they have in terms of their national security. The study, in the context of this question, primarily revealed the link between internal security and society and national security, subsequently aimed to achieve an internal security approach that modern state would need. The study was conducted on a theoretical basis which is the internal security approach determined by Esther Brimmer. Her reviews are presented in her article “From Territorial Security to Societal Security: Implications for the Transatlantic Strategic Outlook” published in 2006. In order to understand and present Esther Brimmer's internal security approach, her fiction and definitions that she used in her article were included in this study. In addition, her assessments are supported with other additional sources. Esther Brimmer served in the Department of State as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 2009 to 2013. In this context, the study will benefit the understanding of the US's perspective on homeland security