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...Ivo Sanader Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2005 Ivo Sanader is the prime minister of the Republic of Croatia. Croatia in the New Millennium: Toward EU and NATO Membership Ivo Sanader Croatia has come a long way since independence...

...Stephen C. Calleya Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2006 Stephen C. Calleya is director of the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta. EU-Turkish Relations: Prospects and Problems Stephen C. Calleya The decision taken by the European...

...). He teaches political sociology and international relations at Eastern Michigan University. Benjamin Adams is a senior student at Eastern Michigan University. Who’s the Sick Man of Europe? A Wavering EU Should Let Turkey In Fatos Tarifa and Benjamin...

...Cobie Harris Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 Cobie Harris is associate professor of political science at San Jose State University, California. Costas Melakopides: Unfair Play: Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, the UK and the EU . Martello Papers 29. Kingston, Ontario: Centre...

...Robert Olson This essay argues that from the first of January 2007 to Turkey.s general elections on 22 July the ruling Justice and Development Party.s (AKP) major focus was on the .Iraq project. rather than the established .EU project.. The Iraq project refers to the challenge of Kurdish...

...Vassilis Kaskarelis United by common values and threat perceptions, the United States and the EU are each other's natural allies and most obvious and important political and trade partners. Despite occasional misunderstandings, mainly on tactics, there are very few areas in which European...

...Laman Tasch The absence of a universally accepted definition of minority and standardized mechanisms for minority protection presents challenges during the European Union (EU) accession process. The differences between definitions used by European policy makers and those used in candidate countries...

...Emilian Kavalski This essay examines the domestic logic informing the creation of Bulgaria's foreign policy. It contextualizes inferences made from Bulgaria's diplomatic attempt to “play the EU” during the visit by the Bulgarian minister of foreign affairs to Central Asia in September 2007...

...Nikolaos Zahariadis Nikolaos Zahariadis is professor of political science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Fouskas Vassilis K. and Dimoulas Constantine : Greece, Financialization, and the EU . New York : Palgrave Macmillan , 2013 . 272 Pages. ISBN 978-1-137...

... not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved. A Sea of Opportunities: The EU and China in the Mediterranean Romano Prodi Asia’s new economic and political strength — particularly China’s — and its increasing economic ties with Europe are giving the Mediterranean region an opportunity...

...Simone Dossi As political instability challenges China’s growing interests in the Mediterranean region, the European Union might prove to be the right partner for Beijing. This essay assesses the prospects for EU-Chinese security cooperation in the region. A shared doctrinal concern...

...George Koukoudakis The European Union should consider Turkey a core actor for implementing the Southern Energy Corridor that will serve Europe's main energy security strategy: diversification of routes and suppliers of energy. At the same time, the EU should pay attention not only to Ankara's...

... Eastern European states, this essay argues that NATO’s successful eastern expansion has been due to the EU’s encouragement of these states’ NATO accession, not because of their enthusiasm for membership in the union. This was the case in Montenegro. Despite the country’s lack of external threats...

...Andreas Theophanous Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2003 Andreas Theophanous is professor of political economy and director general at the Research and Development Center, Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus. The Cyprus Problem: Accession to the EU and Broader...

...George Vassiliou Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2002 George Vassiliou was president of the Republic of Cyprus from 1988 to 1993. He is currently the head of the Republic of Cyprus negotiating team for accession to the European Union. EU Enlargement...

...Maria Gianniou In the literature dealing with parliamentary diplomacy, the role that the European Parliament (EP) can play in the formation and conduct of European Union (EU) foreign policy is intensively studied. Yet analyses thus far have not dealt with how the EP can urge the EU and its member...

...Christopher Hemmer The increasing resources, albeit largely financial, that the European Union has committed to the Israeli-Palestinian relationship has led to increasing calls for the EU to take a greater political role in the peace process. In this essay the potential role of the EU...

...Valentina Rita Scotti After the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon in 2009, and thanks to the better definition of the actors involved in external relations it provided, the European Parliament (EP) has acquired a greater role in European Union's (EU's) foreign policy and increased its...

... by the EU and Turkey. The Arab Spring and its repercussions on the EU’s and Turkey’s foreign policy approaches to the region, along with a brief historical background of the Turkey-EU relationship, are evaluated in order to determine whether Turkey should coordinate its foreign policy with the EU...

... structures have become altered to meet the demands of EU membership; second, the manner in which Malta projects its own interests at the EU level; and third, the degree to which Maltese national identity has transformed since becoming an EU member state in 2004. The author then provides a brief overview...