Commercialization of Security and the Future of Security Arrangements in the Middle East

abstract

Security and creating the conditions to achieve it in the Middle East has been one of the main strategies of the countries in this region. An important part of the process of achieving security in the Middle East has been achieved by resorting to extra-regional powers. In this regard, the United States played an important role in ensuring the security of the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf; an issue that faced the reaction of some US presidents, including Donald Trump. That this policy leads to the weakening of the United States. Following the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, the commercialization of security emerged as an important principle in the country's foreign policy in various regions of the world, including the Middle East. The spread of this new approach of refusing to provide security to countries for free has made the security arrangements of the region uncertain. This study, using a descriptive-analytical method, seeks to answer the question of what are the contexts and goals of the commercialization of security in the US strategy and, given this trend, what will be the future of the security arrangements of the Middle East region. The main hypothesis is that the model adopted by the United States during the first four years of Donald Trump's presidency and in the early months of her second term will not only perpetuate instability and deepen regional rivalries, but will also lead to a redefinition of regional security arrangements centered on local actors and multilateral cooperation without the presence of the United States.

Keywords: Middle East, commercialization of security, US strategy, security arrangements