...Isabelle Calleja-Ragonesi; Anna Khakee; Maria Pisani Malta became a donor country with European Union membership in 2004. Maltese organizations (most prominently—but not solely—those linked to the Catholic Church) had, however, been active in development overseas long before that date. This essay...

...Daniel Fiott This essay focuses on the degree to which Maltese foreign policy has become Europeanized because of its membership in the European Union. The author focuses on three trends resulting from the Europeanization process: first, the ways in which Malta's national policies and political...

... to such countries as Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, the number of people of Maltese origin living abroad is now, according to some estimates, roughly equal to the population of Malta itself (around four hundred thousand).1 By contrast, immigration, and in particular irregular immigration...

... century — and the Maltese language is Semitic in origin. However, reli- giously Cyprus’s population is predominantly Greek Orthodox, while Malta’s is almost exclusively Roman Catholic.5 Geographically, Cyprus is located about 45 miles south of Turkey, 65 miles west of Syria, 70 miles northwest...

... and is a visiting professor at Link Campus, University of Malta in Rome. He has been a member of parliament for the past twenty-three years and is currently also chairman of the Foreign and European Affairs Committee of the Maltese Parliament and an international consultant specializing in the countries of the Euro...

... not necessarily make them any more palatable to the Greek public or the EU. The final essay, “Blessed Is He Who Considers the Human Rights Para- digm: Maltese Aid between Charity and Human Rights and between Catholi- cism and Secularism,” by Isabelle Calleja-­Ragonesi, Anna Khakee, and Maria Pisani, all...

..., from a Europe with high birthrates and high unemployment. Julia Clancy-Smith examines the migration of Maltese to Tunisia in the period from 1830 to 1881, before French colonial rule. After colonies came into being in North Africa, the same North-South flow out of Europe continued. “The truth...

... and high unemployment. Julia Clancy-Smith examines the migration of Maltese to Tunisia in the period from 1830 to 1881, before French colonial rule. After colonies came into being in North Africa, the same North-South flow out of Europe continued. “The truth of the matter of nineteenth- century European...

... of Maltese to Tunisia in the period from 1830 to 1881, before French colonial rule. After colonies came into being in North Africa, the same North-South flow out of Europe continued. “The truth of the matter of nineteenth- century European imperialism/colonialism,” writes Clancy-Smith, “is that North...

... England before taking over two hundred captives from the Irish town of Baltimore in 1631.60 Raids to secure captives had been a corsair activity from the outset: one captain, Turgat Reïs, was particularly active, capturing the entire population of the Maltese island of Gozo — between five thousand...

... examples to convey ade- quately the powerful impact of reading this book, a book that makes you stop and think so frequently. I highlight a few I found to be of particular interest. For instance, the Mediterranean in Neolithic times, especially the Maltese culture that produced temples...

... examples to convey ade- quately the powerful impact of reading this book, a book that makes you stop and think so frequently. I highlight a few I found to be of particular interest. For instance, the Mediterranean in Neolithic times, especially the Maltese culture that produced temples...

... archipelago refers to a group of islands and interconnecting waters that are closely interrelated and form an intrinsic geographical, political, and economic entity. In the Mediterranean, only the Maltese islands would qual- ify under the above definition, and even in that case its archipelagic waters...

... that brought together five southern Euro- pean states with their Maghreb counterparts, the Mediterranean Forum initiated by Egypt, the Maltese proposal to create a council of the Mediter- ranean, and the Italian-Spanish proposal to launch a conference for security and cooperation in the Mediterranean...

... partners the desirability of “common military exercises” with the North African countries.65 France is also part of a Southern European initiative within the EU called the 5 + 5 Dialogue. At the ministerial meeting on the dialogue held in Trip- oli in May 2002, French, Italian, Maltese, Spanish...