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Socio-Political Map after the “Arab Awakening”: in Search of a Balance of Powers

The new political and social context following the “Arab Awakening” has highlighted two elements that are common to the demands of all the countries involved.

Water Governance in the Mediterranean

Most Mediterranean countries, particularly the arid and semi-arid ones, are chronically water-stressed. Population growth, urbanisation, development progress and climate change impacts will all exacerbate that stress.

Renewable Energy in the Mediterranean Context: State of the Play and Future Perspectives

The southern and eastern Mediterranean countries combined have a large fossil resource base, and there are several net fossil fuel exporters: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Syria.

Investment Protection and Arbitration in the Arab Mediterranean Area: The Arab Spring of Hope

It is unequivocal that the region has witnessed an accelerated rise in foreign investment, arguably caused by a set of internal factors, such as liberalisation, reforms, large public projects, drops in customs tariffs, and demography.

Public Transport and Arab Revolutions: Three Opportunities

It is undoubtedly the urban dramas of the vast majority of cities in the area, with high levels of unemployment and extremely poor living conditions that has been one of the de facto catalysts of the revolutions.

Euro-Med Cooperation on Research and Innovation

The Euro Crisis: Will it Lead to Better and Stronger Governance?

For some years now Europe has been producing only dire news, and since early 2010 the euro crisis has gone from bad to worse.

Turkey’s Role in the Mediterranean Following the Arab Uprisings

The Turkish government has been relatively free of internal and external constraints in distancing itself from former allies in the region and reaching out to emerging political forces.

Islamism: from Dissent to Power

From the start, the media were present not only to carry out their prime mission of informing, but likewise, in some cases, to accompany the revolts, encourage them and even expand their dimensions and breadth.

Foreword

From Revolution to the Project of Democracy: The Difficulties of Organising the Tunisian Transition

The Tunisian revolution of January 2011 was primarily a social revolution whose roots went back to the economic and social difficulties that had given rise to significant protests in 2008 in the Gafsa region.

The Schengen Crisis in the Framework of the Arab Spring

The Schengen area – the EU’s zone of passport-free travel, which benefits 650 million travellers annually – is in trouble. The most pressing concern is how to secure Greece’s porous frontier with Turkey.