NATO looks south : new challenges and new strategies in the Mediterranean / / Ian O. Lesser

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811071203321
• Autore: Lesser Ian O. <1957->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, c2000
• ISBN: 0-8330-4383-8; 0-585-38344-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (69 p.)
• Disciplina: 355/.0330182/2
• Soggetti: Mediterranean Region Strategic aspects; United States Military policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Pro j e c t A I R F ORC E -- Summary -- The Southern periphery and European security -- Implicat i on s f o r Mi l i t a ry St ra t e g y a n d A i r P ow e r -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Common Interests in the South -- A Note on Kosovo -- Structure of the Analysis -- The Southern Periphery and European Security -- The End of Marginalization? -- A Transformed Southern Region -- Three Seminal Crises -- The New Transregional Security Challenges -- The End of Geography? -- The Geopolitical Dimension -- The Economic Dimension and Energy Security -- The Defense Dimension -- Turkey and Security in the Eastern Mediterranean -- Internal Uncertainties -- The Primacy of Internal Security Concerns -- Greek- Turkish Conflict: Outlook and Consequences -- Turkish- Syrian Conflict: Outlook and Consequences -- The Competition with Russia -- The Outlook for Relations with the United States and NATO -- NATO Adaptation and the South -- NATOÌs Southern Periphery: Alternative Models -- NATOÌs Near Abroad -- North- South Security Relations -- Power Projection -- Toward a Global NATO? -- Southern Region Perspectives on A Changing NATO -- Conclusions and Policy Implications -- Overall Observations -- TOWARD -- SOUTHERN STRATEGY -- NATO -- Implications for Military Planning -- AREAS -- FUTURE RESEARCH -- ANALYSIS.