Connections
Contents
Karachi: Organized Crime in a Key Megacity
Global Dimensions of Organized Crime and Ways of Preventing Threats at International Level
Transnational Organized Crime – Latvian Challenges and Responses
Maritime Piracy as a Form of Organized Crime: A Strategic Management Approach
Cyberspace as the Environment Affected by Organized Crime Activity
The Mobilization and Recruitment of Foreign Fighters: The Case of Islamic State, 2012–2014
Abstract: The essay analyses the role of NATO in the post-Cold War period by conducting a comparison of the cases of NATO’s operations in Kosovo and Libya. The article reveals the enhanced weight of the Alliance member states and the European countries’ active role in protecting their regional interests and also show how the state interests of the USA and Russia played a significant role in the two cases. This analysis of the behavioral patterns of the former Cold War adversaries could provide a useful interpretation and perhaps
an explanation of the current events in Ukraine. The pursuit of power continues to dominate the international relations arena as the confrontation between the USA and Russia is far from over.
Previous Issue
Advances in sensors, communications, computing, nano- and bio-technologies, along with new strategies and operational concepts, challenge our policy-making capacity. The Spring 2016 issue of Connections presents the Emerging Security Challenges Working Group of the PfP Consortium and reflections of some of its members on the security and policy imp...
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