Is the security approach effective

Is the security approach effective in confronting extremism? The security approach alone is not sufficient. The security side can manage the results and consequences of the phenomenon, and may pre-empt some of its causes. However, I think that the response today must be focused on the causes rather than the results. The causes are multiple. However, economic and social fragility is one of the most important causes. The terrorist phenomenon is an external, trans-national phenomenon, and it needs answers not only from us. The issues of security and stability are not restricted to Morocco alone, but are of concern to all the countries in the region, and even European countries. They are also of concern to the Americans. No one has an interest in the instability or fragility of a nearby, stable country. We live in a continent that has been, unfortunately, torn by civil war, where many countries have collapsed. We live in an area that has been invaded by extremist and terrorist groups on the one hand, and by organized international crime in the field of drug trafficking, secret immigration and smuggling of light weapons, on the other hand. We are thus living in a stage of interconnection among criminal gangs and terrorist groups. Solutions must be comprehensive, and they can't be implemented except through international partnerships in the framework of respect for the sovereignty of states, respect of their choices, and consultations among all the countries concerned.