The objective of this paper is to highlight the relevance of the citizenship debate of the 1990s to post-September 11 context in vvhich citizenship has been subjected to securitization parallel to the extensive securitization of public life in ali över the world, especially in the Western world. The argument is that citizenship debate of the 2000s draws insights from the debate of the 90s in terms of the persistence of the problems of modern citizenship having roots directly in its modernity. The new dynamic of securitization of citizenship will be discussed as a factor that triggers the existing modern dilemma.