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The Effects of the International Crisis on Mediterranean Countries

The Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs) have entered an economic crisis for which they have no direct responsibility whatsoever, considering their weak engagement on international capital markets.

Tunisia and the Arab Democratic Awakening

Who would have foreseen such agitation? Who dared hope that the Tunisian people would be capable of overturning a plundering police regime whose stability and strength was extolled in Europe and elsewhere?

Global Geostrategy and the Mediterranean

After having been a strategic cornerstone of international relations for several centuries, the Mediterranean lost its importance in favour of the Atlantic, followed later by the Pacific.

Europe, the Mediterranean and the Arab Revolutions in the Current Geopolitical Puzzle

New Geopolitical Dimensions in the Middle East

Too great a focus on the new actors to the political scene, whether Islamists or the Facebook generation, risks overlooking the role of the hidden, but doubtlessly active, losers of the ‘Arab Spring’.

Mediterranean Cruises as Drivers of Investment and Relations between Ports and Cities

With an increase of 163% in the number of passengers, the European cruise industry has registered significant growth in the last 10 years and emerged virtually unscathed from the 2008-2009 economic crisis.

The Gulf States’ Political and Economic Role in the Mediterranean

In the last decade both economic and political relations between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and Arab Mediterranean countries have intensified.

The Influence of the BRIC Countries in the Mediterranean

The presence of the Big Four in the Mediterranean Region is growing and diversifying. First of all we must emphasize to what point the intervention of the BRIC countries in the region affects the Northern Mediterranean.

Integration of the Gender Perspective into EU Development and Cooperation Policy

A new “Strategy for equality between women and men (2010-2015)” was adopted on 21 September 2010. It is a comprehensive framework committing the Commission to promote gender equality in all its policies.

Logistics in the Mediterranean: Current Situation and Prospects

The Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs), particularly those in the South Mediterranean, display numerous logistics-transport weaknesses.

An Assessment of the First Phase of the European Neighbourhood Policy: Perspectives and Revision

Since its launch in 2004, the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) has raised high expectations regarding the establishment of a privileged relationship between the European Union (EU) and its neighbouring countries.

The Challenge of Security in the Sahel: the Algerian, Moroccan and Libyan Perspectives