The future of NATO's Mediterranean initiative : evolution and next steps / Ian O. Lesser ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lesser, Ian O., 1957-

Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division.

RAND Europe.

Spain. Ministerio de Defensa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

National security--Mediterranean Region.

National security.

Mediterranean Region--Defenses.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (59 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Mediterranean initiative

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND ; [Valencia, Spain] : Generalitat Valenciana, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

NATO's Mediterranean Initiative is acquiring new significance with changes in the strategic environment and changes in NATO itself. Greater attention is being devoted to developments on the southern periphery of the Alliance. Members of the NATO Dialogue will have a shared stake in addressing new security challenges, many of which are transregional and require cooperative strategies in response. A longer-term vision is essential to further development. Policy recommendations include reinforcement of the nongovernmental dimensions of the Dialogue, establishment of a region-specific agenda that can include defence training and exercises, and increasing resources devoted to the Initiative commensurate with the region's growing importance. Individual Dialogue members should be free to engage, at their own pace, in more ambitious cooperation with NATO.

Contents:

""PREFACE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""THE EVOLVING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT""; ""IMPLICATIONS OF NATOÃŒS STRATEGIC TRANSFORMATION""; ""VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE DIALOGUE COUNTRIES""; ""OTHER MEDITERRANEAN INITIATIVES""; ""THE FUTURE OF THE NATO INITIATIVE""; ""A LONGER-TERM VISION""; ""POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE EVOLVING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT""; ""A CONVERGENCE OF SECURITY PERCEPTIONS IN THE NORTH""; ""THE CONTINUED PRIMACY OF INTERNAL CONCERNS IN THE SOUTH""; ""THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RECENT CRISES""; ""TRANSREGIONAL LINKAGES""

""THREE MODELS OF MEDITERRANEAN SECURITY""""NATOÃŒS STRATEGIC TRANSFORMATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE INITIATIVE""; ""NATOÃŒS EXPANDED SCOPE""; ""WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION""; ""ENLARGEMENT""; ""COLLECTIVE DEFENSE VERSUS CRISIS RESPONSE""; ""THE MANDATE ISSUE""; ""ENHANCED POWER PROJECTION CAPABILITIES""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN""; ""VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE DIALOGUE COUNTRIES""; ""CHANGING INTERESTS, DIFFERING ENGAGEMENT""; ""POLITICAL IMPEDIMENTS""; ""PRACTICAL IMPEDIMENTS""; ""OPPORTUNITIES AND PREFERENCES""

""OTHER MEDITERRANEAN INITIATIVES: STATUS AND OUTLOOK""""THE EUÃŒS BARCELONA PROCESS""; ""Security Cooperation""; ""Economic Cooperation""; ""Future Prospects""; ""OTHER INITIATIVES""; ""The Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation in the""; ""Mediterranean""; ""Forum)""; ""MENA Summits""; ""The OSCEÃŒs Mediterranean Dialogue""; ""The WEUÃŒs Mediterranean Dialogue""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NATO DIALOGUE""; ""THE FUTURE OF THE INITIATIVE""; ""A LONGER-TERM VISION""; ""POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS""

Notes:

"National Security Research Division/RAND, RAND Europe, Generalitat Valenciana."

"Prepared for the Spanish Ministry of Defense."

"MR-1164-SMD"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8330-4367-6

0-585-38350-2

OCLC:

49414598