.... This approach allows one to grasp how the EP and PAM have reacted to common problems and challenges affecting the Mediterranean and identifies possible overlaps and divisions of labor between the two international parliamentary institutions. international parliamentary institutions public diplomacy...

... post-globalism moral tribunes international parliamentary institutions/IPIs Introduction: Mapping the Complex Parliamentary Field of the Mediterranean — How Many Actors? Stelios Stavridis Following the end of the Cold War and the appearance of globalization and new forms...

... if the objective of achieving a better and fairer global governance is to become reality.11 This essay, therefore, also falls into the wider context of academic work on the parliamentarization of world affairs,12 including that on international parliamentary institutions.13 Libyan and Syrian Conflicts...

... institution. On the other hand, the apparent weaknesses of the parliamentary institutions in the southern Mediterranean region leaves little room for parliamentary activ- ity in international parliamentary institutions and forums. Participation of parliamentarians of the states of the southern...

... little room for parliamentary activities in international parliamentary institutions and forums.”37 Southern national MPs bring their own domestic politics into the workings of the EMPA — but do they take home with them the lessons they learn there, which could influence the way certain...

...” (Working Papers OBS 41, Institut Universitari d’Estudis Europeus, Barcelona, 2003); and Zlatko Šabicˇ, “Building Democratic and Responsible Global Governance: The Role of International Parliamentary Institutions,” Parliamentary Affairs 61, no. 2 (2008): 255 – 71. 2. On the New Regionalism, see Stelios...

... to the Mediterra- nean. Then we take a closer look at the presence of parliamentary diplomacy as a means to conduct international relations in Slovenia, and further, the actual use of that parliamentary diplomacy through international parliamen- tary institutions (IPIs), which deal with, entirely...

...: Internal Cohe- siveness and External Effectiveness of the EU in Global Governance,” Journal of European Public Policy 21, no. 7 (2014): 961 – 79, DOI:10.1080/13501763.2014.913219. 8. Treaty of Lisbon institutional innovations to remedy incoherence include the creation of the HR/ VP, the creation...

..., but the latest thinking was to drop the national parliamentarians from the next meeting after the PF of late 2003. The idea was to set up a Lomé/Cotonou-style parliamentary assembly.19 What remains clear is that this internal institutional turf war among European parliamentarians has impaired the smooth...

... Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice: Pro- gress, Potential, and Limitations after the Treaty of Lisbon (Stockholm: Swedish Institute for Euro- pean Policy Studies, 2012), 21. 4. For details on how the Treaty of Lisbon has changed this competency, see Jörg Monar, “The EU as an International...

... its citizens a high degree of freedom, political equality, and popular control over public policies and policy makers through the legitimate and lawful functioning of stable institutions.” See Larry Diamond and Leonardo Morlino, introduction to Assessing the Quality of Democracy, ed. Larry...

... of the French Revolution, the Young Turks aspired to establish a constitutional and parliamentary system. The Young Turk ideological concept provided that in the new Ottoman political and institutional structures the principles of national egalitarianism and interethnic unity for all ethnic groups...

..., as the three institutions became known, pledged to provide Greece with €110 bil- lion (US$143 billion) over a three-­year period. Greece accepted, making deeper cuts in public spending, levying higher taxes, and privatizing state assets. It was the biggest international bailout program ever offered...

... parliamentary elections (December 1990) can be considered the beginning of postcommunism, and the first phase lasted until the second presidential elections (October 1997). The sec- ond phase started with the inauguration of Milo Djukanovic as president of Montenegro in January 1998...

.... It has been struggling to deal with an ailing economy and deteriorating security. Although the goal is to transfer power to a democratically elected government, building an infrastructure for sustainable democratic institutions has been slow, messy, and difficult. Youth are disappointed in the outcome...

... regulations regarding relations with other institutions with control responsibilities, the military’s lack of incentive to report to the parliament, and the absence of independent exper- tise on the parliamentary commissions, which thus made them dependent on governmental agencies.8 The president...

..., Lebanon faces a dismal scenario of renewed Syrian hegemony, economic destitution, and more politi- cal murders. Beyond Lebanon, the future of Syria, the Middle Eastern regional balance, and the credibility of international institutions are all at stake. If an inter- national court indicts senior...

... system, including political parties and parliamentary elections, but it has not evolved into a sustainable democracy. Its political system remains fragile, and democratic institutions are too weak to compete with “more powerful tradi- tional forces that are highly resistant to change.”1 Politicians...

... relations, institution building in transitioning societies, the influence of international integration on democratization processes, and European politics. Mediterranean Quarterly 28:4 DOI 10.1215/10474552-4325903 Copyright 2018 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. Dudley...

... ck- ing has emerged as a global scourge at the forefront of international con- cern. Since the criminals use improved global methods of communication and transport, enabling them to cross borders with greater facility than at any time in the past, the international community has recognized...