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Algeria in 2007: a Year of Elections, Foreign Currency and Investment but also of Terrorism and Social Tensions

2007 was an intense year for Algeria, full of events of very different kinds.

Israel: A Cul De Sac State 2007

Ever since its creation, the country’s political elite was guided by two principals when faced with the main topic on its agenda: the Palestine question. The first dimension was and is territory or space and the second was and is demography or ethn...

A Year of Debates and Clarifications

The Mediterranean has reappeared on the European agenda with the background of the debates produced by the initiative of President Sarkozy of a Union for the Mediterranean.

The European Project in the Mediterranean, Barcelona Plus

Following the dramatic events of 2006, few expected that such an upheaval concerning the Mediterranean was going to emerge at the heart of the EU during 2007.

Resources and Water Demand. Forecasts for the Future of Water in the Mediterranean

Water is at the core of the problem of sustainable development. Its management in the Mediterranean area is characterised by non-sustainable forms of production and consumption.

Water Management in the Mediterranean Countries of the European Union

“Dying to make it to (and in) Europe”. Managing Migration in a Mediterranean context

The large majority of migrants in an irregular situation actually arrive as tourists, overstay their visa or use forged documents.

The Strategic Proposal for the Candidacy of the Mediterranean Diet for Inclusion in the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

2007 witnessed the launch, promoted by the Mediterranean Diet Foundation, of a strategic proposal to put forward the Mediterranean diet as a candidate for inclusion on the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Rise and Decline of the European Neighbourhood Policy

When a new European policy is born it is not easy to understand immediately the real motivations. The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is no exception to that rule.

Impacts of Climate Change on the Mediterranean Area: its Relevance to the Water Issue

In the light of observational evidence of mean air and ocean temperature rises and the disappearance of glaciers and perennial snows, as well as average sea-level rises, planetary warming is indisputable.

Foreign Direct Investments in the MEDA Region in 2007: Euro-Med Integration or Euro-Med-Gulf Triangle?

As world foreign direct investment flows in 2006 broke through the 4.5% threshold, the MEDA region for the first time secured a “normal” part of world FDI flows.

2007 in Greece: Paving the Way for a Major Political Realignment

When future historians come to write the history of modern Greek politics, the developments of 2007 may be recognized as the spark that ignited the most significant major political changes since the 1974.