... foreign policy New Silk Road Spanish foreign policy Mediterranean Sea Sino-­Spanish Relations in the Mediterranean: Evolution, Dimensions, Asymmetries, and Challenges Pablo Páreja-Alcaraz Considered Spain’s natural, immediate sphere of influence, the Mediterra- nean has traditionally...

...Anthony N. Celso Elected on a platform of withdrawal from Iraq after the 3/11 train bombings, Spanish socialists sought early on to embark on an antiterrorist policy of negotiation and dialogue with disgruntled Arab and Basque communities. The socialists' early efforts at achieving a historic...

... of Spanish Politics Anthony Celso The 11 March 2004 attacks in Madrid are a vivid reminder of al Qaeda’s ability to survive the global “war on terror,” and al Qaeda’s power may extend even beyond its ability to launch catastrophic terror attacks. The Madrid attacks’ impact...

...George L. Vásquez John Gibbons: Spanish Politics Today . Manchester, UK:Manchester University Press, 1999. 174 pages. ISBN 0-7190-4945-8.£40. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2001 George L. Vásquez is professor of Spanish and Latin American history at San Jose State University. MQ...

... by the complete absence of such parties in the Spanish national parliament, a body that encompasses signifi cant political pluralism, including conserva- tive, social democratic, communist, and regionalist parties. Existing political institutions in Spain (especially those on the Right) have not adopted...

... problems created by the Basque terrorist group ETA (Euskadi ta Askata- suna) with those posed by Islamist al Qaeda affiliates in Spain. Though diminished by ETA’s 22 March 2006 announcement of a “per- manent cease-fire,” Basque and Islamist terror groups continue to compro- mise Spanish security. ETA...

..., reaching 40 million yearly by the late 1960s, and the sight of all these Swedes, Germans, and others cavorting top- less, bottomless, or totally desnudos on Spanish beaches had a profound effect on Spanish morals, customs, and interpersonal behavior, especially...

... of Segundo Marey in the French Basque region on 4 December 1983 by an extralegal group of paramilitary thugs in the pay of the Spanish government called the Group Antiterroriste de Liberation (GAL). That incident, and the twenty-seven killings that followed, under- lined the brutality...

...Joshua E. Marciano Joshua E. Marciano is a space and defense analyst with the International Technology and Trade Associates. He holds dual bachelor's degrees from Clemson University in political science and modern languages (Spanish) and a master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University...

...: Cambridge University Press, 1999). 4. Nancy Bermeo, “The Import of Institutions,” Journal of Democracy 13 (April 2002): 97. 5. Spain’s autonomous communities are (names are given in Spanish) Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias Castilla-La Mancha, Baleares, Canarias, Cantabria, Castilla-León, Cataluña, País...

... of Mediterranean Quarterly . Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2001 MQ 12.2-09 Reviews 5/8/01 10:38 AM Page 119 Reviews John Gibbons: Spanish Politics Today. Manchester, UK: Manchester Univer- sity Press, 1999. 174 pages. ISBN 0-7190...

... Page 119 Reviews John Gibbons: Spanish Politics Today. Manchester, UK: Manchester Univer- sity Press, 1999. 174 pages. ISBN 0-7190-4945-8. £40. Reviewed by George L. Vásquez. The accomplishments...

... at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. His research focuses on European and international affairs as well as Spanish Russian foreign policy. Laura Feliu is senior lecturer in international relations at the Faculty of Political Science...

... peacefully. It should also be added that the long duration of the regime in power (at the time of the transition it was in its thirty-­seventh year) gave it the time to institutionalize itself (in contrast to the Greek dictatorship) in Spanish society.17 This made it more acceptable...

... Esposito, The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999). 6. Anthony Celso, “The Tragedy of Al Andalus: The Madrid Terror Attacks and the Islamization of Spanish Politics,” Mediterranean Quarterly 10, no. 3 (2005). 84  Mediterranean Quarterly: Winter 2008...

... of the depth and range of scholarship, analytical skills, and moral clarity. Harvey is professor emeritus of Spanish at the University of London and a fellow of King’s College. His credentials are impeccable and his use of sources remark- ably lucid. There is no escaping the present through...

... in the tradition of his earlier Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1500 in terms of the depth and range of scholarship, analytical skills, and moral clarity. Harvey is professor emeritus of Spanish at the University of London and a fellow of King’s College. His credentials are impeccable and his use of sources remark...

... clarity. Harvey is professor emeritus of Spanish at the University of London and a fellow of King’s College. His credentials are impeccable and his use of sources remark- ably lucid. There is no escaping the present through this historical study. It provokes complex and incommodious questions about...

... fighters have traveled to Iraq to fight US forces.6 AQAP and AQIM wish to attack the “near enemy” of apostate Muslim governments and the Western “far enemy.” Their incorporation into al Qaeda reflects previous cooperation and past joint attacks. The 2003 Casablanca bombings attacking Spanish...

... in Africa. Among many examples of such treaties are the convention between France and Portugal in 1886, the Anglo-French Agree- ment of 1889, the Anglo-German Agreement of 1890, the Anglo-Portuguese Agreement of 1890, and the Franco-Spanish Convention of 1900. In some places, verbal agreements alone...