This book has offered insights into the determinants of securitySecurity perceptionsPerceptions in international societyInternational society, drawing from the case of the United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates (UAE). The key observation is that sovereigntySovereignty, nationalismNationalism and governanceGovernance serve as fundamental and structural elements of modern political entities, and thus shape their perceptionsPerceptions of (in)securitySecurity, and thereby the global and regional structure of securitization. Considering international societyInternational society and its primary institutionPrimary institutions as the framework in which securitization occurs adds the element of raison de système to securitySecurity frameworks analysis, thus providing an analytical framework that includes systemic social structuresSocial structures as referent objects of securitySecurity.