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The Maritime Dimension of European Security: Seapower and the European Union

By Basil Germond

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2015
ISBN
1137017805, 9781137017802
Google Books ID
vNG_CQAAQBAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3088403 bytes)
Series
Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
Pages
xiv+228\244
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2015-07-04 20:59:10
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Description

In an age of uncertainties influenced by information technologies and the networking of societies, the maritime domain remains the main global lane of communication, vital for trade and security. The European Union has become a maritime actor, carrying out counter-piracy and maritime capacity-building operations and actively dealing with maritime safety, fisheries protection, port security, maritime surveillance and counter-immigration at sea. The Union's policies, mechanisms and activities related to the maritime domain are now backed by a Maritime Security Strategy, adopted by the Council in June 2014. This cutting edge book accounts for the trends in maritime strategy and seapower politics as well as the recent developments in the field, both at the conceptual and practical level. It discusses the significance of the maritime domain for European security in general and for the EU in particular. Readers are provided with the necessary tools to critically assess the EU's potential as a global maritime actor and evaluate why Europe's prosperity and security rests on its capacity to shape events at sea.

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