Maritime Security Challenges in the South Atlantic

Description

This edited volume focuses on the South Atlantic regional and national issues with maritime implications: naval policy, security, transnational organized crime, and Europe's legacy and current influence. The work analyzes the positions in favor and against NATO’s extended role in the South Atlantic, the historical and current issues related to the Falklands War, the African national deficits, and initiatives to attend the regional maritime problems. Including contributions from Angolan, Brazilian, Senegalese, and US collaborators, the volume offers eclectic conceptual frameworks, rich historical backgrounds, updated data, original analysis models, and policy recommendations. 1 Introduction 1 Érico Duarte 2 Facing the Transnational Criminal Organizations in the South Atlantic 11 Érico Duarte, Danilo Marcondes and Camilo Carneiro 3 The Impacts of Neo-colonial Security Frameworks in the South Atlantic: The Case of French Presence in Western Africa 41 Mamadou Alpha Diallo 4 The Possibility of NATO and Portuguese Presence in the South Atlantic Ocean 79 André Panno Beirão and Beatriz Victória Albuquerque da Silva Ramos 5 Antarctica as a South Atlantic Maritime Security Issue 105 Sabrina Evangelista Medeiros and Leonardo Faria de Mattos 6 Reflections on the Ends, Ways, and Means of Maritime Security Cooperation in the South Atlantic 129 Ralph Espachviii CoNTENTS 7 The African Way of Warfare and Its Challenge to the South Atlantic Security 155 Igor Castellano da Silva 8 Conclusion 193 Manuel Correia de Barros Index 223