Der Band ist das Ergebnis eines Workshops im Rahmen der 4. Pan-European Conference, der im September 2001 an der University of Kent in Canterbury abgehalten wurde. Sozial- und Naturwissenschaftler aus vielen Ländern geben einen umfassenden Überblick über die Sicherheitslage im Mittelmeerraum. In der ersten Hälfte werden grundlegende sicherheitspolitische Konzepte untersucht. Im zweiten Teil liegt der Schwerpunkt eher auf der Vermittlung von Fakten zu umweltpolitischen Problemen in der Mittelmeerregion. Der umfangreiche, von sehr vielen Tabellen und Schaubildern durchsetzte Band stellt eine Fundgrube für alle dar, die sich mit diesem Raum befassen wollen. Aus dem Inhalt: I. Introduction: Security and Environment Linkages, Conflicts in the Mediterranean (1945-2001) and Conflict Prevention Hans Günter Brauch / P. H. Liotta / Paul Rogers: Introduction: Security and Environment in the Mediterranean (27-34) Hans Günter Brauch: Security and Environment Linkages on the Mediterranean Space: Three Phases of Research on Human and Environmental Security and Peace (35-143) Frank R. Pfetsch: Conflicts in and among Mediterranean Countries (1945-2001) (145-156) Michael S. Lund: Prevention of Violent Conflicts: A New Task for Security Policy - Lessons Learned from Successes and Failures for the Mediterranean (157-174) II. Security Dialogue and Concepts: NATO's Mediterranean Security Dialogue and Security Concept of the the European Union Nicola de Santis: NATO's Agenda and the Mediterranean Dialogue (177-180) Mohamed Kadry Said: A Southern Perspective and Assessment of NATO's Mediterranean Security Dialogue (181-193) Félix Sanz: A European Perspective and Assessment of NATO's Mediterranean Security Dialogue (195-197) Ellen Laipson: The Future of the NATO-Mediterranean Dialogue (199-201) Michael A. Köhler: The Security Concept of the European Union for the Mediterranean (203-234) III. Conceptualising Security in the Post-Cold War Period in the North Hans Günter Brauch: Worldviews and Mind-sets: American vs. European Perspectives on Mediterranean (Environmental) Security Policy (237-265) Mehdi Parvizi Amineh / John Grin: Globalisation, States, and Regionalisation: Analysing post-Cold War Security in the Mediterranean Region (267-276) Bjørn Møller: National, Societal and Human Security: Discussion - Case Study of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (277-288) Czeslaw Mesjasz: Economic and Financial Globalisation: Its Consequences for Security in the Early 21st Century (289-300) P. H. Liotta: Military and Environmental Security: Revisiting the Concepts in the Euro-Mediterranean (301-308) Antonio Marquina: From Cooperative Security to Security Partnership in the Mediterranean (309-317) IV. Conceptualising Security in the Post-Cold War Period in the South Béchir Chourou: Conceptualisations of Security: A Perspective from the Maghreb (321-331) Mohammad El-Sayed Selim: Conceptualising Security by Arab Mashreq Countries (333-344) Mustafa Aydin: Security Conceptualisation in Turkey (345-355) Ephraim Kam: Conceptualising Security in Israel (357-365) V. Security Challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean Region Hans Günter Brauch: Missile Defence Programmes and Debates in the United States - Threat Perception on the MENO Area: An Assessment and Proposal (369-410) Vicente Garrido Rebolledo / Belén Lara Fernández: Is There a Missile Threat for Europe? Justifications for a European Missile Defence in Europe and in the Mediterranean (411-427) Alessandro Politi: Soft Security Challenges: Terrorism and Organised Crime - The Open Agenda (429-440) Catherine Wihtol de Wenden: Migration as an International and Domestic Security Issue (441-451) VI. Conceptualising Environmental Security for the Mediterranean Region Stacy D. VanDeveer: Environmental Security: Conceptual Contestation and Empirical Relevance in the Mediterranean (455-464) Colin H. Kahl: The Political Ecology of Violence: Lessons for the Mediterranean (465-476) Nils Petter Gleditsch: Environmental Conflict: Neomalthusianism vs. Cornucopians (477-485) VII. Environmental Consequences of Wars in the Mediterranean (1940-2000) Hans Günter Brauch: War Impacts on the Environment in the Mediterranean and Evolution of International Law (489-512) Mohamed Kadry Said: Landmines form External Powers in World War II at El-Alamein in Egypt (513-522) Arthur H. Westing: Environmental Dimension of the Gulf War of 1991 (523-534) Pekka Haavisto: Environmental Post-Conflict Assessments: A New UN Tool Developed by UNEP (535-562) Robin Twite: A Question of Priorities - Adverse Effects of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on the Environment of the Region over the Last Decade (563-572) Hiroshi Oka: Activities of the Multilateral Environmental Working Group in the Middle East Peace Process (573-589) VIII. Population Growth and Climate Change in the Mediterranean IX. Desertification in the Mediterranean and MENA Region Mamdouh Nasr: Assessing Desertification in the Middle East and North Africa: Policy Implications (655-676) X. Water Scarcity in the Mediterranean and MENA Region John Anthony Allan: Water Scarcity in the Mediterranean and the Middle East (705-717) Branko Bošnjakovic: Shared Groundwater Resource Management and Protection in the Mediterranean - A Joint Approach by United Nations Agencies (719-728) Ines Dombrowsky: Water Accords in the Middle East Peace Process: Moving towards Cooperation? (729-744) Waltina Scheumann: The Euphrates Issue in Turkish-Syrian Relations (745-760) Henrike Peichert: The Nile Basin Initiative: a Catalyst for Cooperation (761-774) XI. Food and Urbanisation in the Mediterranean and MENA Region Philippe Collomb: Population Growth and Food Security in the Countries of the Middle East and North Africa (777-811) Béchir Chourou: Implications of Declining Food Supplies: Food Security vs. Market Economy (827-841) Djilali Sari: Increasing Urbanisation and Pollution in the MENA Region: Causes of Conflicts? (843-860) XII. Outcome of Environmental Stress: From Natural Disasters to Disaster Prevention Hans Günter Brauch: Natural Disasters in the Mediterranean (1900-2001): From Disaster Response to Preparedness (863-906) Johann G. Goldammer: Towards International Cooperation in Managing Forest Fire Disasters in the Mediterranean Region (907-915) XIII. Empirical and Theoretical Results and Conceptual Conclusions Hans Günter Brauch: Towards a Fourth Phase of Research on Human and Environmental Security and Peace: Conceptual Conclusions (919-953) Hans Günter Brauch / Mohammad El-Sayed Selim / P. H. Liotta: Security Concepts for Cooperation in the Mediterranean: Conclusions and Outlook for the 21st Century (955-990)