McNair Paper Number 54, Table of Contents, October 1996

CARIBBEAN SECURITY ON THE EVE OF THE 21ST CENTURY

IVELAW L. GRIFFITH

McNair Paper 54

October 1996

INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC STUDIES

NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY

Washington, DC

CONTENTS

PREFACE

1. COMPLEXITY, CHANGE, AND CHALLENGE

2. THE 1980s IN RETROSPECT

Geopolitics

Militarization

Intervention

Instability

3. THE CHANGING STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT

Meaning of Security

Global Military and Political Power

Economic Relationships

Rethinking Policy Priorities

4. TERRITORIAL DISPUTES

5. CARIBBEAN GEONARCOTICS

Trafficking Patterns

Modus Operandi

National Countermeasures

Regional and International

Countermeasures

6. SECURITY COLLABORATION

Why Collaborate?

Regional Security System

7. STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY

8. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX: Caribbean Security Who's Who

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR