In the Mediterranean Basin two projects of economic integration overlap, namely the project of a Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) and a process of economic integration of the European Union (EU), which neighbors into EU's Internal Market; the EU endeavors to strengthen cooperation with the...

Since Jean Monnet conceived the Coal and Steel Community, free trade has successfully prevented serious conflicts in Europe between democratically governed States with market economies. After six countries established the European Community, this principle has been extended successfully to its...

The last decade has been marked by a debate on a "paradigm shift" of economic and territorial development, in transition toward a new economic and industrial system based on knowledge, "immateriality" and creativity. Against the background of an increased globalization and industrial...