The document discusses how youth population and unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region impact US national security. It covers the US National Security Strategy for MENA, which includes dismantling terror networks, confronting external aggression, ensuring free flow of energy, and preventing weapons of mass destruction. It also discusses youth unemployment, education levels and opportunities, foreign direct investment, and proposes rewriting the security strategy to address economic issues and increasing private sector partnerships for skills training.