This international conference of the Regional Program Near East/ Mediterranean of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in cooperation with the KAS-Office in Turkey, was attended by around 40 participants, journalists and security experts, from across the Southern Shore of the Mediterranean and from EU member-states. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange information and perspectives on the current state of security in the Mediterranean Area and the Policies of the European Union and the NATO, on the eve of the German EU Council Presidency.