Against all odds : relations between NATO and the MENA region / Florence Gaub.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Gaub, Florence

Contributor:

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Series:

SSI monograph

Strategic Studies Institute monograph

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Security, International--Western countries.

Security, International.

Security, International--Middle East.

Security, International--Africa, North.

National security--International cooperation.

National security.

Middle East--Foreign relations--Western countries.

Middle East.

Western countries--Foreign relations--Middle East.

Western countries.

Africa, North--Foreign relations--Western countries.

Africa, North.

Western countries--Foreign relations--Africa, North.

Middle East--Strategic aspects.

Africa, North--Strategic aspects.

Diplomatic relations.

Strategic aspects of individual places.

North Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 37 pages).

Other Title:

Relations between North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Middle East North Africa region

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2012]

Summary:

While NATO was created with a primary outlook to the East, its Southern rim was neglected strategically until the end of the Cold War. Since then, the Alliance has undertaken a number of efforts to build strategic relationships with the Middle East and North Africa, recognizing the region's importance for Allied security. But obstacles are on the way to deepened relations, and geostrategic realities do not play in NATO's favor: a region of crisis, suspicious of the West in general and riddled with internal instability, is a difficult one to build ties with. This monograph examines the existing relationships as well as the remaining obstacles, and proposes solutions to the latter.

Contents:

Neighbors without contact : NATO and the MENA region before 1991

A new relationship between NATO and the Arab world : an overview. The Mediterranean dialogue

The Istanbul Cooperation Initiative

The special case : the structured security cooperation framework in Iraq

The missing links : Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine

Obstacles on the way ahead. Addressing the problems of a negative image

Improving understanding of the region

A region of crisis

Against all odds : relations between NATO and the MENA region.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on August 1, 2012).

"August 2012."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-37).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2023.

Other Format:

Print version: Gaub, Florence. Against all odds

OCLC:

802826282

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