Europe and the Arab world : patterns and prospects for the new relationship /
Samir Amin, Ali El Kenz.
- London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed exclusively in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
- 166 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-157) and index.
1. The Arab world: a balance sheet of the present situation. The autocratic state faced with the challenge of modernity ; Political Islam ; Political conflicts and social struggles ; The 'third sector' of the social reality ; Community associations: a genuine burgeoning or a smokescreen? ; Geo-strategy, Arab unity and Palestinian intifadas. -- 2. The Mediterranean-Gulf region: some international policy problems. The strategic hegemony of the United States ; Europe and the Arab Mediterranean to the south ; After the Soviet collapse and the Gulf and Yugoslav wars. -- 3. Euro-Mediterranean relationships: globalization and regionalization. Globalization and regionalization ; The Euro-Mediterranean partnership: fiction and fact ; The Euro-Mediterranean project: beyond the discourse ; The real issues at stake in the Euro-Mediterranean project ; The Barcelona compromise. -- 4. On the Euro-Mediterranean partnership. The Arab world fossilized in its powerlessness ; The 'Euro-Mediterranean' partnership. -- Basic data on the Arab world.
In 1995 the European Union launched a Euro-Mediterranean initiative to develop relations between Europe & the Arab world. This book offers an evaluation of the initiative & explains why so little has been achieved.
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European Union--Middle East. European Union--Arab countries.