Dialogue with the Mediterranean: The Role of NATO's Mediterranean Initiative,9780815336242

Dialogue with the Mediterranean: The Role of NATO's Mediterranean Initiative

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780815336242
ISBN10: 0815336241
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-08-09
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

The first examination of the importance of NATO's Mediterranean Initiative for the security and stability of the Euro-Mediterranean area, this book discusses the challenges, risks, and possible threats to NATO member states which may stem from the southern and eastern Mediterranean.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword xi
Preface xiii
List of Abbreviations
xvii
The ``Mediterranean'': A ``Region'' of ``Unstable Peace''?
1(22)
Introduction
1(2)
Is There a ``Mediterranean Region''?
3(6)
The Mediterranean in the 1990s: An Overview
9(4)
The Middle East Peace Process
13(4)
The Need for Preventive Diplomacy
17(2)
Conclusion
19(4)
The Importance of ``Dialogue'' as a ``Confidence-Building Measure''
23(26)
Introduction
23(1)
What Is Meant by ``Security''?
24(4)
The Relevance of ``Culture''
28(3)
The Importance of ``Dialogue''
31(5)
CBMs and CSBMs for the Mediterranean
36(8)
Conclusion
44(5)
NATO and the Mediterranean in the Cold War
49(22)
Introduction
49(2)
NATO, the Mediterranean, and the Cold War
51(6)
NATO, Out-of-Area, and the Mediterranean
57(8)
Conclusion
65(6)
The Southern Mediterranean and the Middle East in the Post-Cold War Era: Political Developments
71(26)
Introduction
71(2)
Rulers and Elites
73(3)
Political Parties
76(3)
Political Radicalism
79(6)
The Role of the Military
85(2)
Prospect for Democratization
87(5)
Conclusion
92(5)
The Southern Mediterranean and the Middle East in the Post-Cold War Era: Economic and Social Issues and Perceptions of Security
97(24)
Introduction
97(1)
The Problem of Migration
98(5)
The Current Economic Situation
103(3)
Trade Issues
106(2)
South-South Security Issues
108(4)
Southern Perceptions of Security
112(4)
Conclusion
116(5)
The Immediate Background to NATO's Mediterranean Initiative
121(46)
Introduction
121(1)
The Significance of Developments in the Gulf, the Balkans, and the Middle East
122(9)
Failed Trans-Mediterranean Cooperation Initiatives
131(8)
The Significance of NATO's Strategic Concept
139(5)
The Beginning of a Real Dialogue with the Mediterranean
144(10)
NATO Direct Its Attention toward the Mediterranean
154(4)
Conclusion
158(9)
NATO's Mediterranean Initiative
167(30)
Introduction
167(2)
Membership of the NATO-Mediterranean Dialogue
169(3)
The First Phase
172(3)
The Second Phase
175(3)
The Third Phase
178(5)
The Perspectives of NATO States
183(4)
The Perspectives of the Mediterranean Dialogue Countries
187(4)
Conclusion
191(6)
The Significance of Other Mediterranean Dialogues and NATO's Mediterranean Initiative
197(26)
Introduction
197(2)
The WEU-Mediterranean Dialogue and NATO's Mediterranean Initiative
199(6)
The OSCE-Mediterranean Dialogue and NATO's Mediterranean Initiative
205(3)
The Barcelona Process and NATO's Mediterranean Initiative
208(9)
Conclusion
217(6)
Conclusion
223(10)
Bibliography 233(14)
Index 247

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