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The Effects of Climate Change on Food Security in the Mediterranean Region

For some years now, the issue of climate change, its consequences and the means of adapting to it have been the focus of international concern, not only on the political and scientific levels, but also and above all in public opinion.

Foreword

The EU’s Perspective of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in 2008

Liberalisation of Trade in Services in Four Arab South Mediterranean Countries: An Unutilised Vehicle for Intra-regional Trade Integration

There are several reasons for such a low level of intra-regional trade, including the similarity of production and export profiles of ASMCs, the lack of well-developed transport infrastructure, and the weak intra-industry trade pattern among these co...

Cultural Dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP)

Euro-African Relations in the Field of Migration, 2008

The attention of the European Union was dramatically focused on migration between Africa and Europe by the fatalities on the borders of Ceuta and Melilla in October 2005.

‘Election Fever’ in the Arab Middle East

The Arab Middle East is today awash in electoralism and what I call election fetishism. Indeed, it is apt to talk about “election fever” in the Arab Middle East.

The EU-Arab South and East Mediterranean Free Trade Area: Brief Overview and Perspectives

The Components of Maritime Transport in the Mediterranean

From Barcelona to the UfM: Ideological and Political Evolution of the EU’s Vision for the Mediterranean Region

Europe’s Mediterranean policy is based on, and often dictated by, the evolution of the Middle East crisis. It is also paced by the vicissitudes of trans-Atlantic dialogue.

Gender Equality in the Mediterranean: Continuity and Rupture

Though the issue of gender equality is mentioned at all Euro-Mediterranean meetings, it should be noted that, insofar as results obtained, it seems evident that these debates come closer to rhetoric than any concrete commitment.

EU Presence in the Balkans: 2008 and the Promise of Europeanisation

At the EU Thessaloniki summit in summer 2003 the prospect of full EU membership was held out to the countries of the Western Balkans.