A New Chapter in Trans-American Engagement
Abstract
General Fraser and the conference dialogue stressed the critical need to develop a serious hemispheric partnership for opening "A new Chapter in Trans-American Engagement." In that connection, over 20 major issues and recommendations were put forward (some of which were redundant) at the 2010 Western Hemisphere Security Colloquium held on May 25-26, 2010, in Miami, Florida. In one way or another, virtually every issue and recommendation stresses that building a viable regional security partnership in the Hemisphere is not a strictly short-term, or unilateral, or even bilateral defense effort. Regional security will result only from long-term, multilateral, civilian-military partnering efforts. Thus, the generalized results of the colloquium emphasize three highly interrelated needs and an associated recommendation. The interrelated needs are as follows: (1) The need to advance regional understanding of the contemporary security partnership situation in the Hemisphere -- an educational and conceptual requirement; (2) The need to foster a broader partnership focus on the disaster relief issue -- an educational, conceptual, and organizational requirement; and (3) The need to build multilateral mechanisms and processes to address the contemporary security partnership situation -- an educational and organizational requirement. The overall recommendation of the participants is that USSOUTHCOM take the lead in developing a multilateral regional security action plan to begin a viable long-term regional partnership effort in the Hemisphere.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA529370
Entities
People
- Eva S. Baker
- Max G. Manwaring
Organizations
- United States Army War College