ABSTRACT
This chapter presents national security concerns of developing countries, their vision of the world, and their role expectations. A cooperative international environment is perceived as a condition for the national security in these countries. Obviously, the emphasis only on the physical quality of life, without simultaneous improvement in the psychological quality of life, will not contribute to enhancement of the state's national security. Well-being influences national security both directly and indirectly and is affected by it in turn either directly or through the same variables. In order to build efficient, rational national security policies, decision makers have to define what they mean by the security of their states. Threat perception and the way states and people define their adversaries and supporters are essential in designing national security policies. Neither the literature nor Third World leaders have concerned themselves with a domestic environment conducive to cooperation.
