...Pamela Lesser Twenty-one countries share the Mediterranean's coastline with no single country responsible for its environmental deterioration or its protection. They are collectively responsible for both. Over four decades, the environmental dimension of Europe's policy toward its Mediterranean...

...Athanasios Moulakis Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2005 Athanasios Moulakis is director of the Institute of Mediterranean Studies,University of Lugano, Switzerland. The Mediterranean Region: Reality, Delusion, or Euro-Mediterranean Project...

...Kostas Rontos; Luca Salvati; Petros Sioussiouras; Ioannis Vavouras The authors propose a classification of the perceived corruption levels of Mediterranean countries according to key political, economic, and social factors. While relevant empirical research has shown the extent of corruption...

...Constantine A. Pagedas Copyright 2013 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2013 From the Editor The Mediterranean in an Interconnected World The first three months of 2013 represented an unusually significant period of political, economic, and social change...

...Justine Williams Justine Williams is a doctoral student in cultural anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dionigi Albera and Maria Couroucli, Editors: Sharing Sacred Spaces in the Mediterranean: Christians, Muslims and Jews at Shrines and Sanctuaries...

...Petros Vamvakas The geopolitical game of the twenty-first century will be multilateral and multidimensional, placing great emphasis on political and commercial interests such as resources, markets, ecology, and finance than on military interests. This essay argues that the eastern Mediterranean...

...Dominique Maillard Copyright 2015 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2015 Esposito Claudia : The Narrative Mediterranean: Beyond France and the Maghreb . New York : Lexington Books , 2014 . 214 pages. ISBN 978-0-7391-6821-9 . $76 (hardcover). Dominique Maillard is associate...

...Romano Prodi Romano Prodi served twice as prime minister of Italy (1996–98 and 2006–8) and was president of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Copyright 2015 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2015 This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may...

... of this relationship and its main dimensions. In addition, the essay analyzes the asymmetries and challenges the relationship raises. It argues that the growing influence of Beijing in the Mediterranean is not happening at the expense of Spain or other Southern European countries—the Asian giant has been able...

... of the Mediterranean Sea and Europe’s core, the spectrum of Italy’s foreign policy options opens to innovative forms of cooperation with China to meet the challenges emanating from the European Union’s southern and southeastern neighborhoods. An integrated study of the dynamics of Sino-Italian bilateral relations...

... of the eastern Mediterranean and the prospects it presents for Euro-Atlantic strategic priorities. Marina Skordeli is director of the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence, University of Athens. She was formerly a foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis of Greece. Copyright 2015...

...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...

...A. Murat Agdemir There have been important changes in the politics of the eastern Mediterranean since the discovery of energy resources and the disintegration of Turkish-Israeli relations. Israel upgraded its relationship with Greece and Cyprus after its ties with Turkey deteriorated. Since shortly...

... of parliamentary diplomacy in the Mediterranean Basin. Stelios Stavridis is ARAID Senior Research Fellow, Research Unit on European and International Studies, University of Zaragoza, Spain. Copyright 2016 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2016 paradiplomacy multicentric diplomacy regionalization...

...Zlatko Šabič; Ana Bojinović Fenko; Petra Roter The essay contributes to the scholarship on parliamentary diplomacy in the Mediterranean region through the lens of a small state: Slovenia. We argue that, because of limited resources, small states need to diversify their means of foreign policy...

... since 2011. This essay aims at understanding how the EP's diplomacy reacted to the challenge of balancing the promotion of EU values with the need for cooperation for security and stability. It uses as a case study the EP's relations with southern Mediterranean countries (SMCs). First, a general...

...Andrea Cofelice The literature includes numerous analyses of the role played by regional organizations during the Arab Spring. However, the emerging role played by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM), as the only truly intra-regional pan-Mediterranean institution, has not been...

...Laura Feliu; Francesc Serra This essay analyzes the diplomacy of the Parliament of Catalonia in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain, toward the Mediterranean region. In recent years, the academic literature has shown increased interest in the wide range of international activities...

...Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo is deputy secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an architect of its transformation and expansion. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 NATO’s Transformation and New Partnerships...

...Robert J. Pranger Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 Robert J. Pranger is a private consultant with extensive experience in national security affairs. He was formerly associate/managing editor of Mediterranean Quarterly . Raffaella A. Del Sarto: Contested State Identities and Regional...