Twenty Years of Euro-Mediterranean Relations [Hardcover]

The creation of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in 1995 was seen, at the time, as a forward-thinking foreign policy which would strengthen ties between Europe and the Mediterranean Arab states. Since that time, however, almost none of this initial ambition has been translated into positive, successful policy.

Twenty years on from the creation of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (now the Union for the Mediterranean), this book collects some of the most influential articles published in the Mediterranean Politics journal since 1995  and suggests what these articles tell us about the state of relations between Europe and the Middle East. The selection of articles gives a sense of the way in which analytical debate has changed in the journals lifetime, a lifetime which has seen the journal at the forefront of academic study on a variety of issues in the Mediterranean region. As such, the selection is naturally a reflection of the different periods from which the articles are taken, and, taken together, they paint a picture of how the Euro-Mediterranean partnership has been reshaped over time.

Introduction: Twenty Years of Euro-Mediterranean relations Richard Youngs

1. The Barcelona conference: Launching pad of a process Esther Barb?

2. Southern attitudes towards an integrated Mediterranean region George Joff?

3. Destabilization through partnership? Euro-Mediterranean relations after the Barcelona declaration Eberhard Kienle

4. Reshaping the Agenda? The Internal Politics of the Barcelona Process in the Aftermath of September 11 Richard Gillespie

5. Regional Community Building and the Transformation of International Relations: The Case of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Fr?d?ric Volpi

6. The Use of Conditionality in Support of Political, Economic and Social Rights: UnveillsO