1st Edition

Transnational Islam and Regional Security Cooperation and Diversity between Europe and North Africa

Edited By Frederic Volpi Copyright 2008
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

This volume investigates the impact of a new brand of transnational terrorism and political violence produced by radical Islamist groups from the Maghreb on the regional security dynamics. It describes the causes of the problems and the strategies devised by European and North African states in order to address it and details the successes and failures of co-operation between states and society... Read more

1. Introduction: Strategies for Regional Cooperation in the Mediterranean: Rethinking the Parameters of the Debate  2. Containing Radicalism through the Political Process in North Africa  3. Libya: The Conversion of a 'Terrorist State'  4. NATO, Maghreb and Europe  5. Talking Tough or Talking Together? European Security Discourses towards the Mediterranean  6. Spain and Islamist Terrorism: Analysis of the Threat and Response 1995-2005  7. Islam between Jihadi Threats and Islamist Insecurities? Evidence from Belgium and Morocco  8. Migrants, Migration and the Security Paradigm: Constraints and Opportunities  9. Onward but not Upward: The Barcelona Conference of 2005

Biography

Frédéric Volpi is at the School of International Relations, Universty of St Andrews, UK