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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910956376603321
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: The security environment facing the United States and NATO in Europe is changing in fundamental ways, including a steady growth of security challenges emanating from Europe's southern periphery - around the Mediterranean and beyond. This study explores this phenomenon, with special attention to transregional risks, Turkey's Alliance role and need for redefinition, the risk of a Greek-Turkish conflict, the Mediterranean dimension of NATO adaptation, and what these issues might mean for U.S. and NATO strategy. The author finds that Spain, Italy, and Turkey will be key to supporting expeditionary operations in the south; military-to-military ties will require new efforts; a portfolio approach to access arrangements can provide a hedge against uncertainties about coalition behavior in crises; bilateral air power activities in the south should have increased NATO content; and Greek-Turkish risk reduction is an imperative. Areas for future research include lessons of Kosovo for basing and access, the role of air power based in Turkey, and potential USAF contributions to Greek-Turkish risk reduction.