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Nijerya’da Ulusal Güvenliği Yeniden Düşünmek: İstikrarlı Bir Yönetim için Koşulları Belirleme Analizi ve Geleceğe Yönelik Beklentiler

Rethinking National Security in Nigeria: Analysis of Predisposing Conditions and Prospects for Stable Polity

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  • Güvenlik Stratejileri Dergisi

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  • 2011

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Abstract (2. Language): 
Nigerian state is troubled by insecurity of lives and property. The insecurity ranges from state security to human security resulting from increase in abject poverty, sectarian violence, political violence /assassinations, electoral violence, ethnic, communal and religious conflicts, Niger-Delta crisis, kidnapping and armed robbery. Accordingly, this paper contends that successive Nigerian governments since the return of democracy in May 1999 have made efforts to stem the spate of insecurity but to no avail due to wrong policy targeting of the predisposing factor. The paper concerns itself within the purview of these predisposing conditions and suggests that inspiring leadership, policy direction that favours the vulnerable and governance style that deemphasises ethnic chauvinism and inclinations could stem the degenerating insecurity in Nigerian state. It notes above all the efforts to provide safety nets against marked driven policies that is widening the gap of inequality should concern the government in order to meet human needs so as to secure stable polity and peaceful coexistence in Nigerian state.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Nijerya halkının bugün karşı karşıya kaldığı en büyük sorunlardan birinin (siyasi cinayetler, suikastlar, seçimlerde yaşanan şiddet olayları, etnik temizlik, toplumsal ve dini çatışmalar, Nijerya Deltası krizi, adam kaçırmalar, silahlı soygunlar ve bombalama olayları, vb. ile örneklendirilebilecek) güvenlik sorunu olduğu çok açıktır. Bu çalışma, ülkenin demokratik yönetime geçtiği Mayıs 1999'dan bu yana işbaşına gelen Nijerya hükümetlerinin ülkede anayasada belirtildiği şekliyle güvenliği sağlamakta başarısız olduklarını öne sürmektedir. Hiç şüphesiz ki, bir ülkenin güvenliğ i, ülkede herhangi bir türde gelişmenin yaşanması yolunda çok önemli bir unsurdur. Bu nedenle, bu çalışma, Nijerya'da ulusal güvenliği tehdit eden unsurları incelemeyi ve Nijerya'yı güvenli bir ülke haline getirmek için yapılması gerekenler konusunda önerilerde bulunmayı hedeflemektedir
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