The missile threat in the Mediterranean : implications for European security (original) (raw)

2017

Given the contemporary flow of missiles and rockets in the Mediterranean, the security challenge posed by these arsenals is likely to remain a major concern for European security in coming years. This paper provides, first, an overview of the contemporary security environment, from the spread of Libya’s MANPADs across North Africa to Hezbollah’s missile strategy in the Levant. It then explores three different types of scenarios in which these devices could play a central role. Finally, it underlines the implications for the EU and NATO and offers some policy recommendations regarding military planning and regional partnerships.

Security challenges in Europe's mediterranean periphery: perspectives and policy dilemmas.

1999

Challenges to European security emanating from the southern Mediterranean have had a marked influence on European security policies during the 1990s. This article identifies the main themes in the debate on Mediterranean security and the policy dilemmas which these security challenges raise for European states and their multilateral security organizations. It is argued that Mediterranean security challenges cannot be fully understood without grasping the security implications of the presence of authoritarian and repressive regimes in the South. As European security policies aim at supporting 'political stability' in the South through development assistance, expansion of trade relations and military co-operation, these policies also contribute to uphold an illegitimate status quo, which is often the very source of political instability and insecurity.

European Security Across the Mediterranean

Institute for Security Studies, 1991

This hypothesis, though not without its effect on the political positions of Mediterranean governments, has proved to be unfounded. The countries of Southern Europe have become increasingly integrated into the European Community, while the Arab countries of the ...

Security, Globalisation, and Problems within the Euro- Mediterranean Partnership in the post Cold War Era 1 Hüseyin IŞIKSAL 2

It was the preoccupation of the military security concerns that dominated political thinking, strategies and even the foreign policies of the European and Mediterranean countries till the end of the Cold War. However with the termination of the Cold War and end of the bi-polar military structure, new or neglected issues of the Cold War Era could reappear in the Mediterranean region. The focus of this paper is to visit these new security concerns from the Euro-Mediterranean relations' perspective. Specifically, the discussion addresses the globalisation process, the motivations that pave the way for Barcelona Declaration and the problems within the Euro-Mediterranean partnership. Simply, it would be argued that within the changing nature of the security in the post Cold War Era, it is hard to separate the security of Europe from the security of the Mediterranean. In this connection for the stability and prosperity in the region both shores of the Mediterranean should cooperate on equal basis since the initiatives are not at the hands of the European anymore. JEL Classification Codes: Z00.

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