Paper

Regional Security Dialogue and Cooperation in the South

October 2006

Abstract

This study probes the question of regional security dialogue and cooperation among the Southern partners of the EMP. It includes a conceptual discussion of the notion of regional security cooperation, assessments of past experiences with regional dialogue in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, an appraisal of current thinking on this issue and developments on the ground, as well as future prospects for regional dialogue and cooperation among these states, including some recommendations for the EU.

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