Security and Environment in the Mediterranean: Conceptualising Security and Environmental Conflicts

Front Matter....Pages I-2
Impact of the Year 2001 on Multilateral Approaches to Armed Violence....Pages 3-8
Jordanian Perception of Security Challenges in the Mediterranean....Pages 9-12
Risks of Conflict: Population and Resource Pressures....Pages 13-18
The Fall of Paradigms and the Challenge of Cultures Dialogue....Pages 19-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-26
Introduction: Security and Environment in the Mediterranean....Pages 27-34
Security and Environment Linkages on the Mediterranean Space: Three Phases of Research on Human and Environmental Security and Peace....Pages 35-143
Conflicts in and among Mediterranean Countries (1945–2001)....Pages 145-156
Prevention of Violent Conflicts: A New Task for Security Policy — Lessons Learned from Successes and Failures for the Mediterranean....Pages 157-174
Front Matter....Pages 175-176
NATO’s Agenda and the Mediterranean Dialogue....Pages 177-180
A Southern Perspective and Assessment of NATO’s Mediterranean Security Dialogue....Pages 181-193
A European Perspective and Assessment of NATO’s Mediterranean Security Dialogue....Pages 195-197
The Future of the NATO-Mediterranean Dialogue....Pages 199-201
The Security Concept of the European Union for the Mediterranean....Pages 203-234
Front Matter....Pages 235-236
Worldviews and Mind-sets: American vs. European Perspectives on Mediterranean (Environmental) Security Policy....Pages 237-265
Globalisation, States, and Regionalisation: Analysing post-Cold War Security in the Mediterranean Region....Pages 267-276
National, Societal and Human Security: Discussion — Case Study of the Israel-Palestine Conflict....Pages 277-288
Economic and Financial Globalisation: Its Consequences for Security in the Early 21 st Century....Pages 289-300
Military and Environmental Security: Revisiting the Concepts in the Euro-Mediterranean....Pages 301-308
From Cooperative Security to Security Partnership in the Mediterranean....Pages 309-317
Front Matter....Pages 319-320
Conceptualisations of Security: A Perspective from the Maghreb....Pages 321-331
Front Matter....Pages 319-320
Conceptualising Security by Arab Mashreq Countries....Pages 333-344
Security Conceptualisation in Turkey....Pages 345-355
Conceptualising Security in Israel....Pages 357-365
Front Matter....Pages 367-368
Missile Defence Programmes and Debates in the United States — Threat Perception on the MENA Area: An Assessment and Proposal....Pages 369-410
Is there a Missile Threat for Europe? Justifications for a European Missile Defence in Europe and in the Mediterranean....Pages 411-427
Soft Security Challenges: Terrorism and Organised Crime — The Open Agenda....Pages 429-440
Migration as an International and Domestic Security Issue....Pages 441-451
Front Matter....Pages 453-454
Environmental Security: Conceptual Contestation and Empirical Relevance in the Mediterranean....Pages 455-464
The Political Ecology of Violence: Lessons for the Mediterranean....Pages 465-476
Environmental Conflict: Neomalthusians vs. Cornucopians....Pages 477-485
Front Matter....Pages 487-488
War Impacts on the Environment in the Mediterranean and Evolution of International Law....Pages 489-512
Landmines from External Powers in World War II at El-Alamein in Egypt....Pages 513-522
Environmental Dimension of the Gulf War of 1991....Pages 523-534
Environmental Post-Conflict Assessments: A New UN Tool Developed by UNEP....Pages 535-562
A Question of Priorities — Adverse Effects of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on the Environment of the Region over the Last Decade....Pages 563-572
Activities of the Multilateral Environmental Working Group in the Middle East Peace Process....Pages 573-589
Front Matter....Pages 591-592
The Population of the Mediterranean Region During 1950–2000....Pages 593-614
Climate and Climate History of the Mediterranean Basin....Pages 615-629
Impacts of Climate Changes and Sea Level Rise on the Mediterranean Coastal Zone....Pages 631-642
Front Matter....Pages 643-644
Desertification: Global Degradation of Drylands....Pages 645-653
Front Matter....Pages 643-644
Assessing Desertification in the Middle East and North Africa: Policy Implications....Pages 655-676
Accelerated Desertification in the Deserts of Mauritania and China in the 20th Century....Pages 677-686
Population and Land use Changes: Impacts on Desertification in Southern Europe and in the Maghreb....Pages 687-701
Front Matter....Pages 703-704
Water Security in the Mediterranean and the Middle East....Pages 705-717
Shared Groundwater Resource Management and Protection in the Mediterranean — A Joint Approach by United Nations Agencies....Pages 719-728
Water Accords in the Middle East Peace Process: Moving towards Cooperation?....Pages 729-744
The Euphrates Issue in Turkish-Syrian Relations....Pages 745-760
The Nile Basin Initiative: a Catalyst for Cooperation....Pages 761-774
Front Matter....Pages 775-776
Population Growth and Food Security in the Countries of the Middle East and North Africa....Pages 777-811
Mediterranean Countries and World Markets: Basic Foods and Mediterranean Products....Pages 813-826
Implications of Declining Food Supplies: Food Security vs. Market Economy....Pages 827-841
Increasing Urbanisation and Pollution in the MENA Region: Causes of Conflicts?....Pages 843-860
Front Matter....Pages 861-862
Natural Disasters in the Mediterranean (1900–2001): From Disaster Response to Preparedness....Pages 863-906
Towards International Cooperation in Managing Forest Fire Disasters in the Mediterranean Region....Pages 907-915
Front Matter....Pages 917-918
Towards a Fourth Phase of Research on Human and Environmental Security and Peace: Conceptual Conclusions....Pages 919-953
Security Concepts for Cooperation in the Mediterranean: Conclusions and Outlook for the 21st Century....Pages 955-990
Back Matter....Pages 991-1134