... Page 24 The Mediterranean and Its Security Agenda Stephen Blank The war in Kosovo has kept Balkan issues atop the agendas of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the United States, but we should remem...

...-Ismay Europe: Britain and the Rebalance of European Security Constantine A. Pagedas At the height of the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s first secretary-general, Lord Ismay, famously...

...Fotios Moustakis; Michael Sheehan Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2002 Fotios Moustakis is a research fellow at the Scottish Centre for International Security, Department of Politics and International Relations,University of Aberdeen, UK. Michael Sheehan is director of the Scottish Centre for...

...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...

...James M. Quirk Norman Angell and Alfred Thayer Mahan were two of the leading thinkers on pre–World War I “interdependence,” offering competing lessons on the changes in technology, economics, and security. At different times during the twentieth century, each one’s ideas seemed to best explain...

... manageable changes can strengthen the system and make another Iraq far less likely. The roles of the secretary of state and national security adviser need to be strengthened, and career military officers and civil servants must be encouraged and supported in their efforts to offer independent views to the...

...Deborah Sanders Traditional maritime security challenges have returned to the Black Sea, and this has had a negative effect on the ability of the six littoral states to address newer security challenges. Traditional maritime security challenges include the buildup of Russian forces in Crimea, the...

...George Koukoudakis The European Union should consider Turkey a core actor for implementing the Southern Energy Corridor that will serve Europe's main energy security strategy: diversification of routes and suppliers of energy. At the same time, the EU should pay attention not only to Ankara's...

...Spyridon N. Litsas This essay analyses one of the most common yet stagnated concepts of European politics—the common security and defense prospects of Europe. The analysis shows that although a common security and defense cooperation scheme has been a mainstay of European political discourse since...

...Iacovos Kareklas This essay analyses the security policy that should be pursued in settling the international problem of Cyprus. Initially, it shows how the system of guarantor states does not comply with rules of international political morality. It describes how the international community...

...P. R. Kumaraswamy; Manjari Singh The ability of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to provide basic food to its citizens and inhabitants and thus ensure food security has been hampered by a host of physiological factors and resource constraints. Some of the periodic social upheavals and violence are...

...Tom Tancredo Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2004 Tom Tancredo is a Republican member of the US House of Representatives from Colorado and serves on the International Relations Committee. Immigration, Citizenship, and National Security: The Silent Invasion...

... Economic and Social Development. Security, Donors’ Interests, and Education Policy Making in Egypt Fatma H. Sayed In this essay I examine how the issue of national security has infl uenced Egypt’s decision-making process in education policy and...

..., University of Alberta,Canada. They wish to acknowledge the important contributions of Baha Abu-Laban and Tracey Derwing, co-directors of the Prairie Centre, who generously provided sources of information, comments, and suggestions. Canada after 11 September: Security Measures and...

... Migration into Greece: The Economic, Sociological, and Security Implications Andrew C. Danopoulos and Constantine P. Danopoulos The spectacular opening ceremony of the twenty-eighth Olympiad in Athens captured the imagination of the world with its glitter, originality, and depth...

...Benjamin Kline Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2004 Benjamin Kline is professor of history at De Amza College, Cupertino,California. The Changing Social Environment of Modern Ireland: Immigration and the Issues of Politics, Economics, and Security...

...Gianfranco Fini 2006 Gianfranco Fini is foreign minister of Italy. Italy’s Role in Mediterranean Security and the Fight Against Terrorism Gianfranco Fini Creating an area of political stability and security in the Mediterranean...

...Stephen Blank Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2005 Stephen Blank is a professor at the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College. Security in and around the Black Sea: Is a Virtuous Circle Now Possible? Stephen Blank Recent...

...Dora Bakoyannis Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 Dora Bakoyannis is foreign minister of Greece. This essay is adapted from a speech at the international conference “Solving the Security Puzzle in the Mediterranean and the Broader Middle East,” held in Athens on 24 November 2006...