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...

The paper examines the evolution of trade openness implications in the Mediterranean basin countries with respect to the European Union's trade initiatives, using a series of unconditional and conditional convergence tests. Accounting the endogeneity and instrumenting the spatial geography,...

In the past two years, the EU has been confronted with a massive flow of migrants and refugees across the Eastern and Central Mediterranean. To meet the challenge various efforts were made to reinforce the Union's external borders, more precisely those of the Schengen Area. The measures...

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...

This article summarizes research results on a world system perspective on the contemporary crisis. During the 1990s penetration by transnational capital dramatically increased in many parts of Europe (especially in what was described by Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense, recently as "the...

This paper, presenting a wide range of issues related to the role of Turkey in the Mediterranean energy context, aims to provide a comprehensive framework of understanding of the growing strategic relevance of Turkey for both the European Union and the overall Euro-Mediterranean region. In...

The 2011 uprisings in the southern and eastern Mediterranean have put the region at the forefront of current policy developments, calling into question the future of their domestic political systems and the future of the EU partnership with its Southern Neighbourhood. Against this backdrop, this...

This study on the economic integration of the Euro-Med region was conducted from December 2008 to September 2009 under contract with the European Commission (TRADE08/C2/C16). The study provides quantitative, qualitative and sectoral assessments of the impacts of the Euro- Mediterranean free...