Terrorism and asymmetric conflict in Southwest Asia : Geneva, Switzerland, June 23-25, 2002 / Shahram Chubin, Jerrold D. Green, Andrew Rathmell (Rapporteur).

"CF-181-CMEPP/GCSP"--Page 4 of cover.

Workshop sponsored by RAND's Center for Middle East Public Policy (CMEPP) and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) ... this conference was the third in a series of collaborative efforts by GCSP and RAND in the area of security policy--P. facing title page verso.

"Number 3 in a series."

"Workshop on Terrorism and Asymmetric Conflict in Southwest Asia"--Page 13.

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Annotation At two earlier RAND-GCSP workshops in 1999 and 2001, participants examined roles for NATO in the Middle East and TurkeyÃ's challenges as both a European and Middle Eastern actor. The 2002 workshopÃ's agenda focused on terrorism and asymmetric conflict in Southwest Asia, from both a regional and global perspective. Continued instability in Southwest Asia has required a series of costly U.S. military interventions and is likely to pose a security problem in the future, as the United States becomes increasingly dependent on the regionÃ's supply of cheap oil. The workshopÃ's 26 experts from Europe and the United States held discussions based around four main themes: military lessons from the Afghan campaign, terrorism and asymmetric warfare, regional dimensions of the conflict, and Euro-Atlantic relations in Southwest Asia. Since September 11, 2001, developments in Afghanistan, in the Middle East and the Gulf, and in trans-Atlantic relations have combined to pose serious questions for European and U.S. policy toward terrorism, Southwest Asia, and the conduct of international relations more generally. Although the United States and Europe share similar interests in relation to Southwest Asia, they have adopted divergent tactics toward the region.

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