... by the IS in selected MENA countries. Lukáš Tichý is a research fellow at the Institute of International Relations, Prague, and a lecturer at Metropolitan University Prague in the Czech Republic. Copyright 2017 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2017 MENA IS oil terrorism gas...

...Vincent M. Cannistraro Richard A. Clarke: Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terrorism . New York: Free Press, 2004. 304 pages. ISBN 0-7432-6024-4$27.00. Mediterranean Affairs,Inc. 2004 Vincent M. Cannistraro is former chief of counterintelligence operations and analysis...

...Anna Borshchevskaya A superficial look at Russia’s current problems with terrorism and Muslim extremism may lead to the conclusion that the United States and Russia have similar views on this issue, which would therefore make them obvious partners in addressing the problems. Russian president...

.... Sait Çetinoğlu is a historian at the Free University in Ankara, Turkey. Copyright 2012 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2012 Çetinog˘lu: The Mechanisms for Terrorizing Minorities  15...

... natural gas reserves, the cooperative development of which could help build bridges among the stakeholders. While Turkey is entering a long electoral period in which Cyprus is a sensitive issue, it should consider more creative steps toward fostering a settlement. More broadly, each side needs to convince...

... out, under the pretext of the .war on terror,. to pursue hegemony in the form of a Pax Americana, that is, to build a unipolar American security order. Since then, the opposition of the other great powers, mainly of the European Union and in particular of the French.German axis, has proved a powerful...

... orchestrating a dramatic rise in maritime insurance premiums and maritime insecurity, disrupting international commerce, increasing the possibility of an environmental disaster, and encouraging a nervous, emerging relationship with terrorism. Piracy must be stopped. To achieve this objective, the authors...

... implementation of such a project. An analysis of these relations sheds light on policymakers' options. George Koukoudakis is assistant professor of strategic analysis at the Military Academy of Greece, Kitsi. Copyright 2017 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2017 gas and oil Central Asia...

... at some exceptional moments, disagreements among them are still significant. © 2018 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2018 Islamic military alliance terrorism Qatar crisis Whither Inter- Sunni Relations in the Middle East? Turkey and the Gulf Cooperation Council Nuri Yes¸ilyurt...

... eastern Mediterranean. A. Murat Agdemir is an officer in Turkey's Ministry of National Defense, where he focuses on international security and terrorism. Copyright 2015 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2015 Israel Greece foreign policy defense energy A New Partnership in the Eastern...

... crisis management mechanism. Common Threat Perceptions Historically in the bilateral Turkish-Israeli relationship, ties have improved when there is a common threat perception between the two countries. For example, the states have cooperated on numerous occasions against terror- ism after...

... linked largely to the early 2013 collapse of the Cypriot economy, the growing concern that Turkey’s recent foreign policy direction is pulling it away from the European Union, and the discoveries of vast natural gas reserves in the seabed adjacent to Israel and Cyprus. Given the broader...

... countries had sought to reduce terrorism (especially by sharing intelligence), increase oil and gas production, and curb human and narcotics trafficking. Unenthu- siastic about further mass-­based color revolutions in their neighborhood, Tur- key and Russia desire to limit disruptive political...

... dictatorial control of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has perpetuated his rule through electoral manipulation and political repression.2 With limited oil and natural gas reserves, Kyrgysztan’s economic situation is weak, and the nation has been heavily dependent on Russia. At one time...

... could work to limit the extent of this relationship between these two giants of the non-Western world. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2009 Gregory Hall is professor of political science at Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. Tiara Grant is professor of government at New Mexico State University in Las...

... of the international system, which have hegemonic interests in the region; as well as nonstate actors, such as terror- ist and nationalist movements.1 The prolonged geostrategic instability in the region, since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the US security architecture, creates...

... Africa,” Washington File (U.S. Department of State), 20 November 2002. 6. Julian Borger, “Oil and Terrorism Drive the Presidential Tour,” Guardian, 7 July 2003. See also Cambridge Energy Research Information Associates (CERIA), “Potential or Reality: West African Oil and Gas to 2020?” (Cambridge...

... component in the strategy of world domina- tion is access to secure sources of energy in the form of oil and natural gas. To ensure this, asserts Fouskas, “the US has tried to control the production and transportation of oil and gas from Central Asia to the Balkans, and from there, to Western markets...

... and natural gas. To ensure this, asserts Fouskas, “the US has tried to control the production and transportation of oil and gas from Central Asia to the Balkans, and from there, to Western markets.” This strategy not only ensures command of energy-rich Central Asia but enhances Washing- ton’s...

... freedom.” And the president contends that “Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror. The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade.”12 Just as tends to happen...