6th International Seminar on Security and Defence in the Mediterranean. Human Security

6th International Seminar on Security and Defence in the Mediterranean. Human Security

A collection of the addresses, interventions and reports presented at the 6th International Seminar on Security and Defence in the Mediterranean, held in Barcelona on 5-6 November 2007. The volume includes a summary of the progress made in different cooperation initiatives (the Barcelona Process, the European Neighbourhood Policy, 5+5, NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue and the ESDP), as well as analysing different regional perspectives with respect to the scenario of security and insecurity in the Mediterranean. The work also includes reflections on the application of the concept of human security in the Mediterranean in areas such as the reform of the security sector, civil-military cooperation and the connections between security and fundamental freedoms.

ISBN: 978-84-82511-07-5

222 pp.

Eduard Soler i Lecha and Laia Carbonell Agustín [eds.]

Date of publication: 12/2008

Issue price: 18 €

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Presentation

Presentation (pdf 102kB)
Narcís Serra and Manuel López Blázquez

Introduction

Spain and Security in the Mediterranean (pdf 115kB)
José Antonio Alonso

The Portuguese EU Presidency and Mediterranean Security (pdf 117kB)
João Mira Gomes

The Proliferation of Fora on the Mediterranean Dialogues: The Place of NATO (pdf 120kB)
Félix Sanz

Balance of the cooperation initiatives

The CFSP and the ESDP in the Mediterranean in 2007 (pdf 145kB)
Martín Ortega Carcelén

The Barcelona Process and the European Neighbourhood Policy: From Tampere to Lisbon (pdf 147kB)
Eduard Soler i Lecha

Cooperation in Western Mediterranean: The 5+5 Defence Initiative (pdf 130kB)
Mario Rino Me

NATO’s Role in the Mediterranean and the Broader Middle East (pdf 127kB)
Alberto Bin

Scenarios of security and insecurity in the Mediterranean

Another Way of Understanding Security: A Way Out of the Impasse Affecting the Barcelona Process (pdf 137kB)
Álvaro de Vasconcelos

Challenges to Security in the Maghreb Region (pdf 159kB)
Khadija Mohsen-Finan

The Arab-Israeli Peace and Collective Security in the Middle East (pdf 121kB)
Shlomo Ben Ami

Security and Insecurity in the Middle East (pdf 149kB)
Fred Halliday

Security and Insecurity in the Mediterranean: An American Perspective (pdf 170kB)
Ian O. Lesser

Security Challenges in the Southern Mediterranean Region: Implications for the EU (pdf 133kB)
Meliha Benli Altunisik

Fundamental freedoms

Fundamental Freedoms and Security in Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation: Thinking Long Term and in Country Specific Approaches (pdf 152kB)
Isabelle Werenfels

For the Introduction of a Code and Ethical Charter for the Media in the Mediterranean (pdf 119kB)
Nadir Benseba

The War against Terrorism: Do Solutions Exist to Safeguard Fundamental Freedoms? (pdf 142kB)
Salam Kawakibi

Civilian-military cooperation in humanitarian missions

Civil-Military Cooperation in Humanitarian Operations (pdf 167kB)
Benito Raggio

Civil-Military Coordination in EU Crisis Management (pdf 192kB)
Radek Khol

The Experience of Afghanistan in Civil-Military Cooperation: An Example for the Mediterranean? (pdf 136kB)
Francisco José Gan Pampols

Security sector reform

Risking Trust: Security Sector Reform Assistance in the Arab Region (pdf 131kB)
Arnold Luethold

The Thick Silence and Flourishing Voices: Democratic Oversight of the Security Sector and the Role of the Civil Society in Turkey (pdf 165kB)
Volkan Aytar

The EU and its Policy towards Security Sector Reform: A New Example of the ‘Conceptual-Contextual’ Divide? (pdf 207kB)
Gemma Collantes Celador

Conclusions

Security in the Mediterranean in the year 2007: A Reflexion Concerning Human Security (pdf 143kB)
Eduard Soler i Lecha

Report

III Report on Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Mediterranean 2007: Beyond the Nuclear Threat (pdf 447kB)
Jesús A. Núñez Villaverde and Balder Hageraats

Seminar programme

Programme (pdf 122kB)