...Ioannis Mantzikos In December 1992, the United Nations Security Council, acting under chapter 7 of its charter, authorized the use of all necessary means to secure the delivery of humanitarian aid to the people of Somalia. In the collapsing landscape of that country, however, the intervention...

...Jeffrey S. Morton; Nicole Shortt The popular uprising that started in Tunisia in December 2010 quickly spread across the Arab world, culminating in a historic regional realignment with far-reaching implications. This essay details the implications of the Arab Spring for Israeli security. After...

... deputy to the commander and foreign policy advisor of the United States European Command. Hunt Swanee : Worlds Apart: Bosnian Lessons for Global Security . Durham, NC : Duke University Press , 2011 . 296 pages. ISBN 978-0-822-34975-4 ( hardcover ). $32.95 . Copyright 2012...

...Timothy C. Kroboth Timothy C. Kroboth is a data management assistant for the Global Learning Initiative at Winthrop University. He studied at the American University in Cairo in 2010. Haas Mark L. : The Clash of Ideologies: Middle Eastern Politics and American Security...

...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...

...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...

..., but 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...

...Dora Bakoyannis 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. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007...

...Anthony N. Celso Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2006 Anthony N. Celso is assistant professor of government at Valley Forge College in Pennsylvania. Spain’s Dual Security Dilemma: Strategic Challenges of Basque and Islamist Terror during the Aznar and Zapatero...

...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...

...J. Ndumbe Anyu; Samuel Moki The authors contend that the pervasiveness of piracy on the African coasts is threatening global security. Within Somalia, it is causing a disruption of food supplies, fostering internal conflict, and increasing the prices of basic commodities. Globally...

.... Russia, China, and the Energy-Security Politics of the Caspian Sea Region after the Cold War Gregory Hall and Tiara Grant In this essay we examine the interests and policies of Russia and China, respectively, in the Caspian Sea region since the end of the Cold War. Rus...

...Gregory O. Hall Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2002 Bülent Aras is assistant professor of international relations at Fatih University, Istanbul. Globalization and the New Security Agenda in Eastern Europe Gregory O. Hall...

... on research conducted under a NATO fellowship. MQ 13.3-09 Dagi 7/25/02 2:52 PM Page 119 Human Rights and International Security: The Challenge for NATO in the Mediterranean Ihsan D. Dagi The relevance...

...Ron Paul Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2003 Ron Paul is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas. Trading Freedom for Security: Drifting toward a Police State Ron Paul Most Americans believe we live...

...Donald M. Payne Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2003 Donald M. Payne, Democrat of New Jersey, is a senior member of the House International Relations Committee. Security in the Eastern Mediterranean: Bargaining with Law Breakers Donald M. Payne...

...Anthony N. Celso Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2003 Anthony N. Celso is assistant professor of government and history at Valley Forge Military College. The Death of the Oslo Accords: Israeli Security Options in the Post-Arafat Era Anthony N. Celso...

...Vincent M. Cannistraro Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2003 Vincent M. Cannistraro was director of intelligence on the National Security Council from 1984 to 1987 and is former chief of counterintelligence operations at the Central Intelligence Agency. The Emerging Security...

...George Floridis George Floridis is former minister of public order of Greece and member of parliament. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2004 Security for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games George Floridis More and more often, we become painfully aware that our...

... at Old Dominion University and the Joint Forces Staff College. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2004 Russia’s Security Services Richard F. Staar and Corliss A. Tacosa A strong belief prevails within the Russian security services that post-Soviet changes in Russia...