Security Communities and Their Neighbours
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
This new study assesses the relationship between security communities and their neighbours and asks whether processes of regional integration will contribute to a global 'clash of civilisations'. The author argues that the more mature a security community becomes, the less likely it is to become a 'regional fortress'. As communities mature, its members begin to adopt cooperative approaches to security as both insiders and outsiders are socialised into new patterns of behaviour.