...Emmanuel Karagiannis Greece has enjoyed strong historical and cultural ties with countries and peoples of the Black Sea region for many centuries. During the 1990s, Greek governments largely ignored the region as they focused on the immediate Balkan neighborhood, which was in turmoil at the time...

...Erik Reichborn-Kjennerud This essay analyzes how the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is likely to address the new security environment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It investigates how factors internal and external to the alliance shape the possibilities and limits...

...Simone Dossi As political instability challenges China’s growing interests in the Mediterranean region, the European Union might prove to be the right partner for Beijing. This essay assesses the prospects for EU-Chinese security cooperation in the region. A shared doctrinal concern...

...- tics, Region, and the Limits of Transformation. New York: Routledge, 2008. 394 pages. ISBN 978-0-415-42920-7 (hbk), 978-0-415-42921-4 (pbk), 978-0-203-71559-8 (ebk). $160.00 (hbk). Reviewed by C. Edward Dillery. Yahia H. Zoubir and Haizam Amirah-Fernandez have brought together a group of emi...

... in ascension, not only works with Russia to counter US influence in the area but also seeks to develop and import more of the region's energy resources to fuel its economic expansion. Both China and Russia aim to curb rising Islamic influence in the region. This essay examines the interests and policies...

.... If Iraq becomes a cockpit of instability, as it was during the first four years following the US invasion, the implications for the region are ominous. Unfortunately, the factors that cause turbulence, including Kurdish secessionist aspirations and simmering Sunni-Shiite tensions, are largely beyond...

...Stephen C. Calleya This article assesses early twenty-first-century dynamics in the Mediterranean area as indications of the limited success of countries in the region to integrate further into the emerging international system. Successive attempts to enhance regional and subregional dynamics...

...J. P. Afam Ifedi; J. Ndumbe Anyu This essay examines the causes of the agitation and militancy in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The conflict shows a dynamic that falls into three historical eras: the precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial. An interplay of three significant factors currently...

...Subodh Atal Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2003 Subodh Atal is a Washington, D.C.–based analyst, specializing in South and Central Asian Affairs. Central Asia Geopolitics and U.S. Policy in the Region: The Post–11 September Era Subodh Atal...

...Athanasios Moulakis Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2005 Athanasios Moulakis is director of the Institute of Mediterranean Studies,University of Lugano, Switzerland. The Mediterranean Region: Reality, Delusion, or Euro-Mediterranean Project...

...George Cristian Maior; Mihaela Matei Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2005 George Cristian Maior is state secretary for defense policy for Romania. Mihaela Matei is head of the strategic affairs directorate, Romanian Ministry of Defense. The Black Sea Region in an Enlarged Europe...

...Bülent Aras Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2002 Bülent Aras is assistant professor of international relations at Fatih University, Istanbul. The Caspian Region and Middle East Security Bülent Aras Recent discussions on Middle Eastern security have...

...Robert J. Pranger Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 Robert J. Pranger is a private consultant with extensive experience in national security affairs. He was formerly associate/managing editor of Mediterranean Quarterly . Raffaella A. Del Sarto: Contested State Identities and Regional...

... independence—that Kosovo was the last open question left over from the breakup of Yugoslavia—is likely to prove wrong. Thus, given the breakdown in the international and regional consensus on the contours of a legitimate Balkan political and security order, the instability of Kosovo and other states...

... and sustaining coordination while adjusting for economic change. In particular, it seeks to explore ways in which subnational factors promote the ability of socioeconomic actors to develop public-private institutions. By focusing on a particular autonomous region of Spain, the Basque Country, this article...

...Ioannis Mantzikos This essay examines the Islamic movement's role in shaping Sudan's regional relations and politics, particularly in the greater Horn of Africa. The focus is on the competing foreign policies adopted by the Islamic regime in Khartoum in 1989 and the extent to which the radical...

...Yossef Ben-Meir King Mohammed VI of Morocco has announced a national regionalization plan that includes the Western Sahara. Morocco's intention is to regionalize (or, essentially, decentralize) decision-making authority and management in socioeconomic development, political affairs, the judicial...

.../11 Organizational Structure and Strategy  31 Al Qaeda’s Post – 9/11 Organizational Structure and Strategy: The Role of Islamist Regional Affiliates Anthony N. Celso After the Taliban’s overthrow, homegrown terrorism has become...

..., Canada, and is affiliatedwith the Center for Peace and Disarmament at the Liu Institute for GlobalIssues, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Small Arms and Regional Security in the Western Mediterranean: Refl ections on European Views...

...Norman Bowen Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2005 Norman Bowen is associate professor of political science at the California State University-Hayward and director of the university's International Studies Program. Multilateralism, Multipolarity, and Regionalism: The French...