The European Community since its very inception has been seeking to develop close ties with the Southern Mediterranean countries, but in the beginning, it focused only on the economic aspects of the relationship. However, with growing awareness of the imperatives of European security, which...

Although the global financial and economic crisis hurt economies worldwide, the economies at the southern Mediterranean rim have so far done well to weather this global hurricane. However, their economic growth has been slowing down and dependent upon their domestic policy reactions amongst...

The unprecedented drop in international trade during the last quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009 has mainly been analysed at the macroeconomic or sectoral level. However, exporters who are heterogeneous in terms of productivity, size or external financial dependence should be...