Security Cooperation between EU and MENA Countries to Counter-Terrorism: Developments and Challenges

The security of Europe is increasingly linked with that of MENA. Thus, EU signed a number of agreements with the MENA region over the past two decades to promote stronger political stability in the Mediterranean region. The study is focusing on the policies of the EU towards counterterrorism especially that the European societies now faced with a carefully planned and well-organized strategy by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) of mobilization of Western citizens. Additionally, it examines counter-terrorism efforts by European governments with MENA Countries to tackle the factors and root causes which can lead to radicalization and recruitment in Europe. counter-terrorism and of and the and North Africa Region, in addition to present an of the effectiveness of EU measures and policies on counterterrorism. proposes the adoption of the Onuf style constructivism to capture the of the process that is developing inside the EU towards MENA Countries for counter-terrorism in the