Table of Contents
PRESENTATION
Senén Florensa, General Director of the European Institute of the Mediterranean, (IEMed)
Narcís Serra, President of the CIDOB Foundation
PERSPECTIVES
The European Union Strengthens its Role in the Euro-Mediterranean Region,
Angela Merkel
KEYS
Introduction
A Euro-Mediterranean Union?,
Álvaro de Vasconcelos
War Revisits the Mediterranean
US Policy in the Middle East: Coping in a Year of Instability,Emile Hokayem and Ellen Laipson
The War in Lebanon and the Situation in the Middle East,
Alberto Moreno
In the Eye of the Storm: the Summer 2006 War in Lebanon,
George Emile Irani
African Migrations and Mediterranean Strategy
Demographic Changes and Perspectives in the Southern Mediterranean Region,
Youssef Courbage
Trans-Mediterranean Migration and Euro-African Strategies,
Mehdi Lahlou
Integration of Immigrant Communities in Europe: A Euro-Mediterranean Challenge?,
Christophe Bertossi
Impact of the Rise in Oil Prices
High Oil Prices and the Mediterranean Countries,
Robert Mabro
Perspectives for Algerian Natural Gas,
Mustapha K. Faïd
European Policy and the Mediterranean Energy Dimension,
Abdenour Keramane
DOSSIER: THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY AND SOCIAL MODERNISATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
The Knowledge Economy and the Mediterranean Countries: Challenges and Opportunities,
Jean Enric Aubert and Justine White
Knowledge Production: Research and Technological Development in the Mediterranean
Region,
Abdelkader Djeflat
Twenty-First Century Educational Skills for Development in the Mediterranean: Quality and Curriculum Relevance,
Saouma BouJaoude
Euro-Mediterranean Scientific Cooperation: Facts, Obstacles and Solutions Using ICTs - Practical Cases,
Rafael Rodríguez Clemente and Juan Miguel González Aranda
Brain Circulation and Knowledge Society in the Mediterranean Region,
Ummuhan Bardak
Euro-Mediterranean University Cooperation: Towards the Construction of a Common Future,
Oumama Aouad Lahrech
Knowledge Society and Human Development in the Arab world,
Ibrahim A Tayfour
PANORAMA: THE MEDITERRANEAN YEAR
The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership from its Actors’ Perspective: The Countries of Southern Europe, Juan Prat y Coll
The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: A Southern Perspective,
Hassan Abouyoub
Euro-Arab Relations Redefined,
Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Security
Reforming the Security Sector: A Euro-Mediterranean Challenge?,
Eduard Soler i Lecha
Jihadi Threats in the Sahara and Sahel,
Hrach Gregorian
Mediterranean Politics
Europe
The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in Bulgaria’s Foreign Policy Priorities on the Eve of European Union Accession, Krassimir Y. Nikolov
European Financial Perspective and the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument,
Egidio Canciani
The Return of Italy to the Mediterranean,
Rosa Balfour and Battistina Cugusi
Maghreb
Uncertain Climate in the Maghreb,
Khadija Mohsen-Finan
Redefining the Sahrawi Political Identity,
Omar Brouksy
Reforms in Libya Still a Long Way Off,
Haizam Amirah Fernández
Middle East
The Israeli Elections in 2006: Political Earthquake and Continuity,
Alberto Spektorowski
The Year of the Victory of Hamas,
Antoni Segura
Egyptian Politics 2006: Democratic Mobilisation Wanes and the ‘Hereditary’ Political Succession Scenario Becomes Consolidated, Sarah Ben Néfissa
Iraq Adrift,
Gema Martín Muñoz
Turkey and the Balkans
Aspiring to be a Playmaker,
Soli Özel
Montenegro: The Difficult Rebirth of a Mediterranean State,
Jean-Arnault Dérens
Economy and Territory
Productive structure and labour market
Rating the Competitiveness of the Economies of the South,
Samir Radwan
The Necessary Dream of Maghrebi Integration,
Senén Florensa
Euro-Mediterranean Financial Integration and Reform of Maghreb Banking Systems,
Guillaume Almeras
Commercial Relations
At the Hearth of the Euro-Mediterranean Challenge: The Agriculture and Food Issue,
Bertrand Hervieu
2006: A Controversial Agreement between Morocco and the United States Comes into Effect,
Bichara Khader
Foreign Investment in the MEDA Region Grows Again in 2006,
Pierre Henry and Bénédict de Saint-Laurent
Sustainable Development
Relaunching Mediterranean Cooperation on Tourism,
Robert Lanquar
Groundwater Challenges in the MENA Region,
Håkan Tropp
Climate Change in the Mediterranean,
Mar Asunción
Territory and Transport
Transport, Logistics and Economic Integration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, Henry Marty-Gauquié
The Future TangerMed Port: Sign of Renewal of Southern Mediterranean Ports or an Isolated Initiative?, Delphine Dubreuil
Culture and Society
Development and Cooperation
The Influence of Arab Information Channels on Arab Identity,
Khaled Hroub
Contradictions of International Cooperation in the Mediterranean Region,
Jean-Michel Debrat
The Situation of Women in the Mediterranean,
Ilhem Marzouki
Migrations
Clandestine Migration in the Mediterranean in 2006,
Michael Collyer
Mediterranean Migration to New Central European Member States of the EU. Present and Future Trends,
Erzsébet N. Rózsa
Europe, the Mediterranean and Migrations: New Paradoxes,
Gemma Aubarell
Cultural Dialogue
Religion and Rationality,
George Joffé
Young Ambassadors of Intercultural Dialogue, Mahitab Abdel Raouf
The Difficult Construction of a Mediterranean Cinematic Area, Michel Serceau
APPENDICES
Maps
Chronologies
General Chronology of the Mediterranean
Chronology of Events: Israel-Palestine
Chronology of the Barcelona Process
Other Co-operation Initiatives in the Mediterranean
Mediterranean Electoral Observatory
Cooperation in the Mediterranean
European Union Cooperation
Spanish Cooperation in the Mediterranean
Migrations in the Mediterranean
Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements
Signature of Multilateral Treaties and Conventions
The Mediterranean in Brief
Definitions
List of the Organisms Consulted for the Realisation of the Tables, Graphics and Maps
Country Abbreviations List Used in Graphics and Maps
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Index of Boxes
Index of Tables
Index of Graphics
Index of Maps
Authors
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