Includes bibliographical references and index.

Regional organizations and security governance / Emil J. Kirchner and Roberto Domínguez -- The European Union as a regional and global security provider / Emil J. Kirchner -- Security governance in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization / Roberto Domínguez -- The OSCE as a regional security actor : a security governance perspective / Nuray Ibryamova -- Regional security governance in the Americas : the organization of American states / Alejandro Chanona -- The Caribbean Community's "fourth pillar" : the evolution of regional security governance / Jessica Byron -- Understanding the complexities of security governance in the Andean region / Aimee Kanner Arias -- Mercosur's incipient security governance / Andrea Oelsner -- Lessons from the ASEAN regional forum : transcending the image of paper tiger? / Katja Weber -- The Shanghai framework and central Asia : chop-suey governance? / Imtiaz Hussain -- The African Union and the quest for security governance in Africa / Olufemi Babarinde -- Performance of regional organizations in security governance / Emil J. Kirchner and Roberto Domínguez.