Security Challenges in the Mediterranean Region - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714646865 ISBN 13: 9780714646862

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

Contributions to this book question the concept of the clash of cultures. The challenge to the West does not lie in the monolith of Islam turning aggressively outward to Europe and the US, but in the rivalries between regimes ruling over societies divided by an imbalance in wealth and power.

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Roberto Aliboni, George Joffe, Tim Niblock

From the Back Cover

The countries south of the Mediterranean are currently undergoing a profound security crisis. This crisis is evident to western countries and, because of the growing importance of Muslim communities and migration, is overtly or covertly affecting European daily life. This book was published while the November 1995 Euro-Mediterranean ministerial conference in Barcelona was trying to provide a first response to the possible consequences of such a crisis in terms of security and foreign policy. These consequences, however, are still not very clear to western and European public opinion and are not much more evident to governments. This book aims to contribute to the clarification of the challenges to western security emerging from the Mediterranean area. There kinds of challenges are taken into consideration by the contributors: first, political and institutional challenges and the Arab security perceptions on which western political responses have to be predicted; second, economic and social challenges; and third, the military dimension of security in the area and the low level violence expressed by terrorism. The risks arising from Islamism, terrorism and military factors are pointed out by the authors. These risks underline the need to reinforce economic and social co-operation and to promote international relations in the area.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714646865
• ISBN 13: 9780714646862
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 210
• Editor: Aliboni Roberto, Joffe George, Niblock Tim