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...some nations try to improve or rebuild their military basic needs and equipments through advanced technology. Other nations try to make alliances with each other to secure their national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The point here is, these nations having conflict or around conflict, have the same goal, i.e. preserving their national security. The above-mentioned question is important because it takes place in real politics. The current position of world is showing many conflicts in different regions and some of these conflicts are ongoing for many years by affecting the stability of the regions where they occurred. For example, Middle East is one such region, which has a lot of, inter -region conflicts such as Iran- Iraq, Syria- Turkey, Palestinian-Israel and Israel-Syria. Each of them has different reasons for conflict with each other but the overall outcome is they are affecting the regional stability. Another region reiterating the importance of my question would be Central Asia, where there are ongoing conflicts between Azerbaijan and Armenia about Karadag and between Russian- Cechenians about national identity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. It is important to note that definition of security requirements varies widely and is an ongoing process. However, it is true that security is a primary concern of all states for the continuity of the government, national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Furthermore, national security provides to the nations economic, military and political cooperation with each other without feeling any threat, which would eliminate the instability of region and that would also bring regional security. Trust is one way of ensuring regional stability and security. However, on the other hand, security dilemma based on the uncertainty that decision makers can face in trying to determine each other’s intention produces fear in both parties that the other wishes to harm them. Moreover, both sides fail to realize their predicament. They are unaware that they themselves are generating feelings of insecurity in the other. (Paul Roe, p.184). Importantly, this suggests that the parties involved could both be secure only if they could come to see the nature of the situation they are in. In the Middle East, the regional actors do not trust each other. Therefore, they spend more on defense to rebuild their military over again and again. For that reason and as Nick Wheeler and Ken Booth emphasized, security dilemma exists when “the military preparations of one state create an irresolvable uncertainty in the mind of another as to whether t...