This edited volume focuses on the South Atlantic regional and national issues with maritime implications: naval policy, security, transnational organized crime, and Europe's legacy and current influence. The work analyzes the positions in favor and against NATO's extended role in the South Atlantic, the historical and current issues related to the Falklands War, the African national deficits, and initiatives to attend the regional maritime problems. Including contributions from Angolan, Brazilian, Senegalese, and US collaborators, the volume offers eclectic conceptual frameworks, rich historical backgrounds, updated data, original analysis models, and policy recommendations.Érico Duarte is Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Manuel Correia de Barros is Founder and Deputy Chairman at the Center for Strategic Studies of Angola, Angola.

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É****rico Duarte is Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Manuel Correia de Barros is Founder and Deputy Chairman at the Center for Strategic Studies of Angola, Angola.

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1. Introduction Érico Duarte
2. Facing the Transnational Criminal Organisations in the South AtlanticÉrico Duarte Danilo Marcondes Camilo Carneiro
3. The Impacts of Neo-Colonial Security Frameworks in the South Atlantic: The Case of French Presence in Western AfricaMamadou Alpha Diallo
4. The Possibility of NATO and Portuguese Presence in the South Atlantic OceanAndré Panno Beirão Beatriz Victória Albuquerque da Silva Ramos
5. Antarctica as a South Atlantic Maritime Security IssueSabrina Evangelista Medeiros Leonardo Faria de Mattos
6. Reflections on the Ends, Ways, and Means of Maritime Security Cooperation in the South AtlanticRalph H. Espach
7. The African Way of Warfare and its Challenge to the South Atlantic SecurityIgor Castellano da Silva
8. ConclusionManuel Correia de Barros