...Antonis P. Skotiniotis Following the end of the bipolar world, Greece gradually realized both the benefits of forming a multidimensional foreign policy and the limits set by its participation in Western institutions. This essay examines the relations between the so-called BRICS (the association...

.../activities/887- results- of- political- public- opinion- poll- presented. 26 Mediterranean Quarterly: December 2017 the 2006 independence referendum settled the issue of statehood, indicat- ing that the country was committed to building its democratic institutions in line with “pro- Western policies...

... to be more widely spread among the society’s sectors and administrative tiers. It is important that the people and institutions of Western Sahara become engaged with and receive benefits from regionalization as soon as possible so that they develop a stake in the system and therefore seek to maintain...

... had been eagerly planning the establishment of a university in the region in order to make the local elites familiar with Western culture. Egypt, Palestine, and Cyprus were considered the most likely locations for the institution. It is argued that cultural propaganda was perceived by the Foreign...

... in preparations for the integration of southeastern European countries within Western institutions. The United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the European Union all were involved in supporting the transformation and democratization of the armed forces in Central...

... into the Western fold, are considered in this context. 4. See William D. Coleman and Tony Porter, “International Institutions, Globalization and Democ- racy: Assessing the Challenges,” Global Society 14, no. 3 (2000): 379. 5. Ron Smith, “Military Expenditure and Globalization,” in Political Economy...

... notably the activities of the Sant’ Egidio organization in Italy, Western institutions have not been inclined toward intervention in Algeria’s troubled politics. Measured in terms of con- tainment, Western policy toward the crisis must be judged a success. Alge...

... governments confront challenges in coping with the forces of globalization and in undertaking reforms in domestic distribu- tion of political and economic resources, as well as in structuring fruitful ties with the EU and other Western institutions. Trade and investment...

.... They contend that the international security agenda has changed as a result of the emerging global terrorist threat, the spread of WMD, and the collusion of rogue regimes prepared to support efforts by extremists to challenge Western institutions and democratic val- ues. Given these challenges, the United...

... of political liberalization and integration with European and Western institutions, both joining NATO and submitting a formal application for membership in the European Union in April 2009, it has also looked to the east, joining the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in December 1992...

... for regional hegemony among Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Evidence of this shift can also be seen in the attention given to the Iranian nuclear program by Western states and institutions as well many MENA states in recent years. Syria has become “part of a region-­wide tussle that is essentially about...

... expressed uncompromising rhetorical support for protestors that was “lacking from other Western institutions’ statements and resolutions.”8 The several resolutions on Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen adopted by the EP since 2011 have explicitly recognized the revolutions...

... States of promoting and managing institutional defense reforms in partner countries that are going through conflict-resolution processes. Defense Reform and Civil-Military Relations The reform of post-Soviet defense establishments emerged as a key Western policy goal following the end...

... with an exceptional opportunity to increase its power and infl uence. In this article I present sug- gestions for enhancing Greece’s relative position in the international system, particularly within the Western alliance and the European Union, over the next decade.1 To accomplish this, Greece must shun...

.../activitat-­parlamentaria /declaracions-­institucionals/index.html?p_format=D&p_id=786877 Institutional Declaration of the Parliament of Catalonia Regarding Last Events in Western Sahara, 30 June 2005, www.parlament.cat/web/activitat - arlamentaria/declaracions-­p ­institucionals/index.html...

... Institute Policy Analysis, no. 394 (April 2001). Carpenter: Kosovo and Macedonia 37 on Greece as well as Macedonia. He told reporters later that he was ‘amazed with what great politeness and calm they told me about their demands42 Western policy needs to change...

... than against.”11 Thus, the postwar environment created a situation that allowed the United States to initiate a security-community pattern in Western Europe. This process informs our understanding of the post – Cold War order- promoting agency of the European institutions in the Balkans...

... might be overthrown is understandably appealing to Westerners from a moral standpoint, but the West needs to be fully aware of the potential for unintended, and possibly quite unpleasant, consequences. Ted Galen Carpenter, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, is the author of nine books and more...

... of the Caucasus and Central Asia—at least a pre- tense is made.28 First, participants have been encouraged to restructure their defense pol- icy-making processes and institutions to conform more closely to Western models. Yet they do so or are encouraged to do so along individual lines and thus...

... global economic events that have shaken the American and European economies — ­and the harmful consequences from which China has largely escaped — ­have accel- erated Chinese confidence and freed the Chinese to reexamine existing views. It helped end lingering views that Western mechanisms...