4. PUBLIC OPINION 4.1 THREAT PERCEPTION Albanian Security Barometer(ASB), now in its fourth edition, reveals very interesting findings about threat perceptions and the disposition of the Albanian society for furthering security cooperation in the Western Balkans. When comparing the findings of ASB with the findings of SecuriMeter2022, a survey measuring the perceptions of the citizens the Western Balkans Six, we can identify similar perceptions and preoccupations. ASB shows there is an increase among the Albanian citizens perceiving the war with other countries as the second most serious threat(immediately after corruption) to security with 30.2% of the interviewees(figure 1). P19F P 20 Most serious security threats to Albania Most serious Second most 45.0 39.3 40.0 35.0 30.2 30.0 27.4 25.0 19.1 20.0 19.2 16.9 15.0 11.2 11.1 10.0 4.8 6.5 5.0 ­3.6 1.0 0.7 1.5 0.5 2.8 1.2 3.0 War with Terrorism Corruption Organised Pandemics Foreign Cyber crime Climate Natural other crime migrants change disasters countries Figure 1. Graph 6 of the ASB shows the most serious security threats to Albania SecuriMeter2022, similarly, reveals that war or political instability is now seen as having a negative impact on citizens’ feeling of security by many more respondents than in the last 20 Dyrmishi. A.(2022). Albanian Security Barometer: National Survey 2022.(Report No. 4) Center for the Study of Democracy and Governance, 24. https://csdgalbania.org/albanian-security-barometer-2022/ 12