The New Security, the Environment and the Mediterranean

Links and Challenges

Abstract

The article analysis the implications of the absence of regulations concerning environmental issues, on the domain of security issues no longer strictly considered in military terms. The author demonstrates the recent efforts developed by international organisations, in order to promote environmental concerns and stop the abuses committed by the more industrialised powers strictly moved by economical motives. The article focus in detail, the existent asymmetries between the two rims and the consequences of the absence of long term environmental measures in terms of security, in the neighbouring Mediterranean regions.