Regional Security: Organizations and Architecture

Richard Weitz, Brian Katulis, Benedikt Franke | World Politics Review | 2010-06-30

In an increasingly regionalized world, stable security architectures have long been the chimera of regional integration. Whether in Central Asia, the Persian Gulf or Africa, local rivalries, longstanding mistrust, and interference from outside powers have often undermined ambitious plans for transforming regional security organizations into stable security architectures. But if these organizations have not lived up to the expectations of their champions and critics, they have made important contributions and no small amount of progress.

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Regional Security: Organizations and Architecture