Download or read book Security Challenges in the Mediterranean Region written by Roberto Aliboni and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributions to this book question the concept of the clash of cultures. The challenge to the West does not lie in the monolith of Islam turning aggressively outward to Europe and the US, but in the rivalries between regimes ruling over societies divided by an imbalance in wealth and power.