Sea Security in the National Security Strategy 2013

Abstract

The National Security Strategy does not seem to give due relevance to sea security, bearing in mind Spain´s reliance on the sea as derived from its geographical position and the importance of commercial exchanges. Following the same reasoning, we must bear in mind that the document´s approach is unsatisfactory both regarding the challenges singled out in relation to our sea security and the responses offered to such challenges. In addition, it must be considered that, even if the National Substrategy of Sea Security fills the gap left in the National Security Strategy, it does it only partially and the results are not fully satisfactory.