NATO and the Greater Maghreb von David Garcia Cantalapiedra

<p><span>NATO and the Greater Maghreb</span><span> offers a distinctive focus and study of NATOs future policy in North Africa and the Sahel after the new 2022 Strategic Concept, expected to be published during the next NATO Summit in Madrid.</span></p><p><span>The book will use three main axes to frame the contributors analysis, which are not usually used together for analyzing NATO policy: Geopolitics, Great Power Competition, and Threats. These lenses create a distinctive approach to reviewing a Greater Mahgreb Regional Security Complex confronted with the necessities of a distinctive approach by NATO.</span></p><p><span>The idea of MENA (Middle East and North Africa), still used by the EU and NATO is already obsolete for several reasons: first, it is no more possible to split West Africa geopolitically from North Africa and Sahel. Second, the action of terrorist groups such as Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, ISIS, and Boko Haram are not related to Middle East problems, nor strategies and policies necessaries to tackle them. Second, the difficulties in cooperation between these countries, the corruption fed by organized crime (above all cocaine trafficking) and the impact of desertization, makes it very difficult to establish sound strategies and policies for the area. Third, there is an increasing presence of Great Powers in the area, including Russia and China, Turkey, and some Gulf states with different goals and policies.</span></p><p></p>

David García Cantalapiedra is professor of international relations and security studies at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Part I: Geopolitics and Great Powers CompetitionChapter 1: NATO and the Mediterranean: From the Southern Flank to the Other Front? by Raquel Barras TejudoChapter 2: The Decline of MENA and the Rise of the Greater Maghreb Regional Security Complex: His Impact in the 2022 NATO Strategic Concept by David García Cantalapiedra and Raquel Barras TejudoChapter 3: NATO-EU Relations in the Greater Maghreb: Turn Words into Facts by Maribel Lopez NietoChapter 4: Russian Foreign Policy in the Greater Maghreb: Implications for Transatlantic Policy by Natividad Fernández SolaPart II: Threats and ChallengesChapter 5: NATO and Peacekeeping between Deterrence and Peace Enforcement: Lessons for the Greater Maghreb by Gustavo Díaz MateyChapter 6: NATO and the Threat of International Terrorism: Capabilities and Synergies, An Essay by Ruben Herrero de CastroChapter 7: NATO, Hybridization, Hybrid Threats and the Greater Maghreb: Impact and Strategy by David García CantalapiedraChapter 8: NATOs Drive towards Climate Change and Its Implications in the Greater Maghreb by Xira Ruiz and Kattya Cascante

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