Internal Security Threats on the Kurdistan Region – Iraq

Abstract

After the Cold War, security policy has been changed dramatically. Currently, security no longer covers only war and army. For instance, at the time I am writing this paper, health security because of Corona virus is much riskier than atomic weapons, terrorists or any other army threats. Political systems are concerned to care about political, health, cyber, economic, food, water, environment, education and other security sectors. Kurdistan region has faced some interior and foreign security challenges. In theoretical framework, the research sheds some light on security situation in concept, changing of security priority and different approaches to point out security threat of various types. This research has come to this result that there are ten major domestic security challenges that threaten Kurdistan region. Later on, in the field framework the research has collected data for each one of security threats depending on deep discussions with tens of specialized experts in Kurdistan region security policy.