Strategic Forum 102 Number 102, February 1997 Caribbean Regional Security by Ivelaw L. Griffith Sovereignty and Consensus Defining the security concerns of the Caribbean and developing strategies for dealing with these concerns vary considerably among its nations. Security is Multidimensional Security in the Caribbean has not been viewed just as protection from external military threats, or as military force, equipment, or even military activity.
Security is multidimensional, with military, political, economic, and environmental dimensions.
Moreover, the prevailing view does not focus on the state as the only unit of analysis. Non-state actors are equally important. Some non-state actors have more assets than those of some Caribbean nations. For instance, the operating budgets of some cruise lines are larger than those of several Eastern Caribbean states combined. Moreover, some drug traffickers have more and better weapons than some law enforcement agencies in the region.