Many in the area of security studies define the societal security as the most intriguing of the five sectors considered in the CS. “In this case, reference object of security is not the state as a government or a territorial entity, but rather as a collective identity” (Panic, 2009: 31). Buzan et. al. argue that “the organizing concept in the societal sector is identity. Societal insecurity exists when communities of whatever kind define a development or potentiality as a threat to their survival as a community” (Buzan et. al. 1998: 119). According to the CS, the state is the referent object for political, military environmental and economic security, but society is the referent object for societal security. Thus, the CS treats societal security as a separate referent object of societal security. In this understanding, survival of society is different from survival of the state. “This view implies a duality of security, namely the state and societal security, with the former guarding its sovereignty whilst the latter attempting to keep its identity” (Hama, 2017: 4). Societal security represents the security of ‘we’ identities such as national identity groups (Wæver et. al., 1993: 21). Members of a society share common ideas and practices that help them develop a common identity and form a social group. This identity also helps individuals identify themselves as members of a community. Societal insecurity therefore involves “a development or potentiality as a threat to their survival as a community”.