How Should NATO Shore Up Its Southern Flank?
How Should NATO Shore Up Its Southern Flank?

Author(s): Wojciech Lorenz
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: NATO; Southern Flank; Middle east; North Africa; Islamic State; mass migration; Mediterranean policy; security and defence policy;
Summary/Abstract: The security vacuum in the Middle East and North Africa will have long-term negative consequences for the stability of Europe. The offensive of the Islamic State (IS), mass migration, and Russia’s attempts to rebuild its influence in opposition to the West in general and to the U.S and NATO in particular, will intensify new threats for NATO and its partners. Hence, NATO should adopt new policy on the Mediterranean, which will include investments in capabilities necessary for defence and crisis management missions, as well as for cooperation with partner countries.

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