Threats to security and relations with other countries The identification of the main security threats to Albania has been a key feature of the barometer over the years. Respondents are regularly asked to identify the most serious and second-most security threat to Albania at the present. In 2024, 45% identified corruption as the most serious security threat, followed by organised crime at 23.8% and war at 17.6%. The percentage that identify corruption as the main security threat is higher than in previous years(39.3% in 2022, 36.9% in 2020). Organised crime also is identified as a security threat by a larger percentage of citizens, 23.8% compared to previous surveys(19.2% in 2022, 20.3% in 2020). Other threats that have been identified by more citizens compared to previous years are cybercrime 7%(0.7% in 2022) and foreign migrants 4.3%(1% in 2022, 0.8% in 2020). Less people consider war with other countries(30.2% in 2022 and 7.6% in 2020) and terrorism(4.8% in 2022 and 10.67 in 2020) as main threats. Relations with other countries and positive or negative attitudes about different countries are another key feature of the Security Barometer. These data provide an understanding of how respondents views on security are shaped by international developments and interactions. As the competition for influence in the world has increasingly intensified over the last few years, this edition has obtained opinions on the influence of three major world powers, USA, China, and Russia, as well as two regional powers, Iran and Turkey. Respondents were asked the question“What do you think is the influence of(country) towards Albania?” about each of the above-mentioned countries. The large majority think that the USA has a positive or very positive influence on Albania(78%). 17.4% think its influence is neither positive nor negative. The responses about Turkey show almost the same results as those of the USA. China is the country towards which most Albanians are ambivalent. 53.9% think that China’s influence is neither positive nor negative, while 21.6% think i t is positive or very positive. Russia and Iran are viewed almost identically by Albanians, although the percentage of those who think that Iran’s influence is negative is slightly lower. 29