This paper is a critical review of Italian and French Mediterranean studies from a
postcolonial and geographical perspective. It claims that the relationship between …

The remit of the series is broadly defined, both in terms of subject and academic discipline.
All topics of significance concerning the nature and operation of the European Union …

This book analyses the present European Union (EU) approach to state-building, both in
policy and operation. It offers a review of the literature on peace-building, EU state-building …

The article takes recent research on the difficulties for the EU in successfully promoting
democracy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as its point of departure, with …

Uneasy Neighbors: Israel and the European Union presents a concise and thorough
analysis of significant aspects of Israeli-European relations from the late 1950s to the …

Irrespective of their final outcome, the Arab uprisings have changed the region profoundly
with important consequences for external actors as well. Since 1995, the European Union …

With the adoption of the European neighbourhood policy (ENP) in 2003, the European
Union (EU) for the first time introduced benchmarking procedures in the realm of democracy …

The European Union and the Arab Spring: Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in the
Middle East, edited by Joel Peters, analyzes the response of the European Union to recent …

The book proposes a profound rethink of the complex relationship between Europe—
defined here as the European Union and its members—and the states of the Mediterranean …

This article addresses the crucial question of why European policies in the IsraeliPalestinian
arena have remained contradictory and partly counterproductive. It suggests that European …