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La mise en place et la crise du système autoritaire dans le monde arabe
Le monde entier a été surpris par l'effet «boule de neige» des révoltes arabes à l'échelle régionale. Et pourtant, les signes avant-coureurs de la déflagration politique et sociale ne laissent aucun doute quant à la perturbation des mécani...
15 November 2011
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Adjusting to External Norms and Standards of the “West”: The Case of Israel
The long negotiations to enter the OECD somewhat detracted from the attention the government of Israel devoted to the powerful message initially sent by the EU in 2003-2004 offering Israel a “stake in the Internal Market.”
19 October 2011
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New Turkish Foreign Policy towards the Middle East: Neither so New, Nor so Turkish
Since Turkey strengthened its ties with the Middle East in the 2000s, a region that traditionally enjoyed little weight in Turkish foreign policy, some experts assumed a brand new Turkish foreign policy had emerged.
15 September 2011
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Sub-Regionalism in North Africa and the Middle East: Lessons Learned and New Opportunities
Sub-regional processes in the MENA are still an unresolved matter. The evolution of these processes conditions broader cooperation at regional level, which is currently in a period of stand-by.
27 July 2011
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What Next in Turkish-Israeli Relations?
The Mavi Marmara tragedy in May 2010 represented a new low point in Turkish-Israeli relations. The leaders of both countries have used rhetoric, which, though originally intended for their domestic audiences, severely influenced the bilateral relatio...
21 July 2011
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The Mediterranean Solar Plan through the Prism of External Governance
The EU devotes significant effort and resources to coping with the energy climate problem. In this context, the EU launched the Mediterranean Solar Plan as one of the priority projects of the Union for the Mediterranean.
18 July 2011
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Une conditionnalité dépourvue d’effectivité: clause démocratique et gestion des risques dans les relations Euromed
Le «printemps arabe» présente de nombreuses ombres qui ne sont pas encore faciles à déchiffrer. La même incertitude semble entourer les rôles joués par la conditionnalité européenne par rapport aux destinées démocratiques des pays du sud...
15 June 2011
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Euromed+15. New Paths of Cooperation Across the Mediterranean
This volume contains the edited speeches delivered at the 2010 EuroMeSCo conference held to debate the future of Euro-Mediterranean politics in the light of the new geopolitical context.
10 May 2011
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The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. A Deeper Insight into the Economic and Financial Dimension
This report focus on an overview of the progress of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in the context of the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, a « thematic dossier » on the economic cooperation and on the Euro-Mediterranean sectoral cooperation....
8 November 2010
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A Deeper Free Trade Area and Its Potential Economic Impact
Since 1976, the policies of the EU towards the countries of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership evolved from giving unilateral trade preferences to greater financial aid, commercial reciprocity and non-economic aspects.
20 September 2010
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State and Society: The Democratic Challenge
This paper deals with two interlinked topics: the question of political identity at the national level and its implications for regional integration, and how civil societies can be constructed within states where the rule of law must be upheld.
20 August 2010
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Environmental and Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean
The quality of the Mediterranean environment has been increasingly degraded by rapid urbanization and various human activities. These pressures generate major environmental problems expected to be exacerbated by climate change.
24 June 2010