The success of the New Pact will depend on its capacity to turn consultation into genuine partnership, to balance ambition with realism and to show it has learned from past experience.
If anything can define the Middle East in 2014, it is its character as a region that is messy and in rapid flux. In this part of the world, as in others, insecurity leads to power struggles.
The GCC states do not follow a coherent strategy and nor do they have a unified foreign policy, but rather different sets of conflicting foreign policies, which has often led to misunderstandings and disagreements within the group.
In order to understand the dimensions of the current Palestinian-Israeli impasse and recent developments, it is necessary to look at a number of factors.
The year 2014 was a special one for Euro-Mediterranean relations, insofar as it was the first year of implementation of the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
The "Foro Jávea de Vecindad" organizes the conference "Mediterranean (s) 2030: possible scenarios 20 years after the riots", given by Javier Albarracín, director of socio-economic development of the IEMed.
Unexpected developments in Tunisia and Egypt were at first rightly perceived in Russia as a revolt against corrupt regimes that could no longer cope with the challenges of contemporary socio-economic and political life.
The figures speak for themselves; there can be no doubt that the Maghreb has the lowest level of integration of all regional groups.
The Gulf monarchs and emirs have managed to escape the tragic fate of other Middle Eastern and North Africans monarchs, who have been killed or dethroned; indeed, they have shown great resilience.
Los resultados electorales reflejan el desapego ciudadano. Es necesario lograr una UE eficaz, dinámica y útil que transforme el descontento en crítica constructiva.
La política europea de vecindad fue diseñada para un entorno político y social estable y sus instrumentos solo se pueden implementar a medio plazo.
Egypt has always played a parental role in moderating Middle Eastern politics. The current situation resembles nothing more than a game of tug of war between two nations, where Egypt is the rope.
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