The Future of NATO's Mediterranean Initiative
Subtitle: Evolution and Next Steps
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: March 25, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 50
ISBN-13: 9780833028129
Subjects: International relations; Theory of warfare & military science; Technology; Politics / Current Events; Science/Mathematics; Mediterranean Sea; NATO; International Relations - General; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Political Science / General; Military Science; Defenses; Mediterranean Region; National security; North Atlantic Treaty Organiza; North Atlantic Treaty Organization
First sentence: When NATO launched its Mediterranean Initiative in late 1994, challenges and opportunities to NATO's south were hardly at the center of Alliance debates.
Description: NATO's Mediterranean Initiative is acquiring new significance with changes in the strategic environment and changes in NATO itself. Greater attention is being devoted to developments on the southern periphery of the Alliance. Members of the NATO Dialogue will have a shared stake in addressing new security challenges, many of which are transregional and require cooperative strategies in response. A longer-term vision is essential to further development. Policy recommendations include reinforcement of the nongovernmental dimensions of the Dialogue, establishment of a region-specific agenda that can include defense training and exercises, and increasing resources devoted to the Initiative commensurate with the region's growing importance. Individual Dialogue members should be free to engage, at their own pace, in more ambitious cooperation with NATO.