Format:
1 online resource (156 pages)
ISBN:
9781607506379
Series Statement:
NATO Science for Peace and Security - E : Human and Societal Dynamics v.v. 74
Content:
The Black Sea is a vital strategic crossroads between Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. Comprising at least ten countries, with diverse religious, cultural, political and economic backgrounds, the region was shaped historically by centuries of conflict between the Ottoman and Russian empires, and in the 20th century by the rise and dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent post-Cold War emergence of newly independent states. The region faces emerging security challenges of major international strategic interest, not least because 80% of all Russian gas destined for Europe transits through the Black Sea states. The nexus for unresolved territorial conflicts which have led to the establishment of intractable guerrilla regimes, the region is also a hotbed of illicit trafficking in counterfeit goods, drugs, weapons and radioactive material from discarded former Soviet facilities. This book expands on the proceedings and subsequent contributions resulting from a NATO workshop held at Oxford University. The workshop on Black Sea security cooperation brought together key government and private sector stakeholders in the region. The first part of the book covers the security challenges to the Black Sea region. The second part looks at the prospects for shaping a new security architecture in the region, highlighting various regional law enforcement and counter-trafficking cooperation initiatives and proposing a range of technical security cooperation solutions to the ongoing challenges. The final part of the book offers perspectives on the South Ossetia conflict.
Content:
Title -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Black Sea Security Cooperation Workshop Contributors -- Preface: Crime and Confrontation in the Black Sea -- Section I The Black Sea in Context -- Executive Summary: Prospects for Black Sea Security Cooperation -- Welcome to Oxford: A Tradition of Conflict Resolution -- Post 9/11 Security: New Challenges and New Responses -- The Black Sea - A Key Strategic Corridor -- Section II Security Challenges in the Black Sea Region -- The Harvard Black Sea Security Program: Encouraging Regional Security based on Cooperation and Integration -- Energy Security and Transit States -- Trends in Illicit Trafficking -- Shaping a New Security Architecture -- Section III Strategic Cooperation in the Black Sea Region -- The Need for Strategic Cooperation in the Black Sea Region to Counter the Afghan-Based Drug and Crime Threat -- The Role of the South East European Cooperation Initiative Center (SECI) in Combating Organized Crime, Terrorism and Illicit Trafficking -- The Ukranian Perspective on Security in the Black Sea Region -- Section IV Technical Security Cooperation in the Black Sea Region -- Integrated Deterrence - Back to the First Line of Defense -- Developing a Comprehensive Safety and Security Plan for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline -- Counter-Trafficking Around the Black Sea: Prospects for the Establishment of a Joint Interagency Task Force -- Section V The South Ossetian Conflict in Perspective -- Overview: The 2008 South Ossetian Conflict -- The South Ossetian Conflict and Post-Conflict Prospects for Georgia -- Appendix I -- BSEC Charter - The Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation -- Appendix II International Nuclear Material Protection & Cooperation Sites -- Subject Index -- Author Index.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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section 1. The Black Sea in context -- section 2. Security challengines in the Black Sea region -- section 3. Strategic cooperation in the Black Sea region -- section 4. Technical security cooperation in the Black Sea region -- section 5. The South Ossetian conflict in perspective.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781607506362
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781607506362
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=647885
