Regional security partnership: the concept, model, practice, and a preliminary comparative scheme. JMWP No.58.05, July 2005

Building cooperative security systems at the regional level is new practice in international politics. The concept of regional security partnership is presented here, and a descriptive models is applied to the study of the practice. Five cases of regional security partnership in Europe, East Asia, Central Asia, Africa, and the EU Neighborhood are separately analyzed. Similarity and difference of the five cases are assessed in the concluding section, in which a comparative scheme is presented