... deputy to the commander and foreign policy advisor of the United States European Command. Hunt Swanee : Worlds Apart: Bosnian Lessons for Global Security . Durham, NC : Duke University Press , 2011 . 296 pages. ISBN 978-0-822-34975-4 ( hardcover ). $32.95 . Copyright 2012...

... as an area of geostrategic importance will continue to be vital to global geopolitics and that consigning it to the back burner is shortsighted. The three continents that meet at this crossroads account for almost 90 percent of the global population as well as over 60 percent of global gross domestic product...

... expressed in this essay are his own. Copyright 2015 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2015 decentralization in Morocco Arab Spring Mohammed VI sustainable development experiential training Human Development in the Arab Spring: Morocco’s Efforts to Shape Its Global Future Yossef Ben...

...J. Ndumbe Anyu; Samuel Moki The authors contend that the pervasiveness of piracy on the African coasts is threatening global security. Within Somalia, it is causing a disruption of food supplies, fostering internal conflict, and increasing the prices of basic commodities. Globally...

...George A. Papandreou The prime minister of Greece discusses the causes, dimensions, character, and contributing factors to the current global financial turmoil and points to lessons to be learned from the crisis in his own country. The essay underscores the potential consequences of inattention...

...Shalendra D. Sharma What began as a downturn in the US housing sector in summer 2007 mushroomed into a global financial crisis by September 2008—the most severe since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Initially, Western European governments, including the Russian government, blamed the crisis...

... complex and the privatization of war. Nikolaos A. Stavrou is professor of international affairs and political theory (emeritus) at Howard University, Washington, DC, and editor of Mediterranean Quarterly: A Journal of Global Issues . This essay was adapted from a lecture given at the University...

...Joseph J. Sisco Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2002 Joseph J. Sisco is chairman of the board of the American Academy of Diplomacy, former U.S. under secretary of state for political affairs, and president of American University. From World Disorder to a Reshaped Global Order...

...Michele L. Crumley Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world, and it is one of the leading exports for eighteen sub-Saharan African countries. Seventy percent of coffee is grown by smallholder farmers. As global trade of coffee has grown, have smallholder coffee farmers benefited from...

... global politics and strategy. This essay reconsiders their ideas in the current era of globalization and global threats. An earlier version of this essay was presented at the Twenty-First International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies, Washington, DC, March 2014. The author...

...Gregory O. Hall Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2002 Bülent Aras is assistant professor of international relations at Fatih University, Istanbul. Globalization and the New Security Agenda in Eastern Europe Gregory O. Hall...

...Filip Kovacevic Victor Roudometof: Nationalism, Globalization, and Orthodoxy: The Social Origins of Ethnic Conflict in the Balkans . Westport, Connecticut:Greenwood Press, 2001. 304 pages. ISBN 0-313-31949-9. $72.95. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2003 Filip Kovacevic is a political...

... in the Age of Globalism Matthew Nimetz Broad global trends are impacting southeastern Europe dramatically and providing a historic opportunity for favorable political and economic develop- ments. The emergence of a global system of open trade, virtually unrestricted...

...Magnus Nordenman The “Global War on Terror” came to dominate US foreign policy in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The effort served as a guiding light for how the United States interacted with friends, allies, and adversaries and deeply influenced US priorities around the globe, in general...

...Stelios Stavridis Following the end of the Cold War and the appearance of globalization and new forms of regionalization, new actors have emerged in world politics and changed the traditional practice of diplomacy. New forms of diplomacy range from economic diplomacy to paradiplomacy, cultural...

...Stavros B. Thomadakis The scope of the present global financial crisis is comparable to that of the 1930s. Public policies responding to each have been very different, however. The large macroeconomic response of the past three years has averted a new Great Depression, but regulation...

... multipolarity and independent European Union military capacity while opposing a global role for NATO. He called for protection against the negative impacts of globalization and promoted EU.wide industrial .champions.. He opposed Turkey.s entry into the EU on cultural and antiterrorist grounds. Instead, he...

... established regimes the space they need to sort out their futures. Meanwhile, Washington should further strengthen relations with the non-Arab Middle Eastern “peripheries,” specifically, Israel and Turkey. Also, the nuclear deal signed between Iran and major global powers in November 2013 provides...

... and politically. Beijing’s dependence on Middle East hydrocarbons is increasing, and the stakes are rising in the competition between global powers seeking to secure their interests in the region. It is therefore crucial to examine how relations between China and the countries of the region are taking shape...

...Gawdat Bahgat The sharp drop in oil prices since June 2014 has drastically altered the global energy landscape. This essay examines the growing energy cooperation between Iran and Turkey and the strategic and economic implications for Europe. It argues that the emerging energy partnership between...