Naval Response to a Changed Security Environment: Maritime Security in the Mediterranean

Abstract

The capacity of the European Command to contribute to security and stability in its Mediterranean area of responsibility depends on its ability to develop and execute operational concepts and capabilities that are appropriate to the security environment in which it operates.1 In the maritime domain of the Mediterranean, the threats are largely transnational in character and can be effectively dealt with only in cooperation with regional partners. The central challenge is not in locating and destroying enemy naval forces but in maintaining good order at sea.2 Essentially, the task is to ensure access to the maritime commons by all lawful actors and to inhibit the activities of illegal or hostile ones. If European Command (EUCOM) and its partners are able to do that, the common interests of security and peaceful economic use of the Mediterranean Sea will be advanced.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA520286

Entities

People

  • Alan L. Boyer

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Marine Transportation
  • Maritime Domain Awareness
  • Maritime Security
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Situational Awareness
  • Topography
  • Undocumented Noncitizens
  • United States European Command
  • Warfare

Readers

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