Security Challenges in the Mediterranean Region
Roberto Aliboni (Editor), Tim Niblock (Editor), George JoffeBooks.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Synopsis
Contributions to this book question the concept of the clash of cultures. The challenge to the West does not lie in the monolith of Islam turning aggressively outward to Europe and the US, but in the rivalries between regimes ruling over societies divided by an imbalance in wealth and power.
Booknews
Examines the upheavals currently wracking North Africa and the impact they might have on daily life in Europe. The nine studies cover political and institutional challenges and the Arab security perceptions on which western political responses have to be predicated, economic and social challenges, and the military dimensions of security in the area and the low-level violence expressed by terrorism. They emphasize the danger of Islamism and urge further economic and social cooperation. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $21.00. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)