Euro - mediterranean partnership in the aftermath of the arab springThe recent democratic upheaval in a number of southern countries, starting with the toppling of Ben Ali in Tunisia and Mubarak in Egypt, can give the EU an opportunity to re-launch the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership on a fresh basis, by recognizing in the first place its responsibilities in the past, not having put the human rights issues at its centre, and by offering the southern and eastern Mediterranean partners genuine equality of conditions. |
Contents
HOW THE EUROMEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIPHEADED FOR A DEADLOCK | 9 |
SECTION ONE ECONOMIC SOURCES OF THE ARAB SPRING | 19 |
ECONOMIC FACTORS AND POLITICAL TURMOIL IN NORTH AFRICA | 21 |
CHALLENGES AND POTENTIALS WITH FOCUS ON CEECS | 37 |
IMPACT OF EUROPEAN MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIP ON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN MEDITERRANEAN REGION AND ITS FUT... | 57 |
INVESTIGATING THE NEEDS AND POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF SOME ASPECTS OF DEEP INTEGRATION IN THE EUEGYPT ASSOCIATION... | 89 |
SECTION TWO TRADE INVESTMENT AND EXCHANGE RATES | 117 |
THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF EUROMEDITERRANEAN TRADE IN GOODSAFTER BARCELONA | 119 |
THE CASE OF TURKEY | 221 |
A VAR APPROACH | 237 |
SECTION THREE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES | 257 |
THE NEED FOR A SUSTAINABLE AND BALANCED SOCIAL MODEL IN EUROPE | 259 |
THE EXTENT TO WHICH ISLAMIC ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES MATCH THE CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC THEORIES | 321 |
SECTION FOUR POLITICAL ELEMENTS | 339 |
PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS | 341 |
TAKING USAID AS AN EXAMPLE FOR AN AMERICAN NGO | 355 |
COMPLEMENTS OR SUBSTITUTES? A GRAVITY MODEL ANALYSIS | 149 |
A NEW INITIATIVE FOR CLOSER COMMERCIAL RELATIONS | 179 |
TRADE ASPECTS AND TRADE PROSPECTS OF EUROMEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIP RULES OF ORIGIN AND IMPACTS ON WESTERN... | 203 |
THE EFFECTS OF POTENTIAL OIL AND NATURAL GAS DISRUPTIONS | 363 |
THE MIDORIENT EXPRESS | 375 |
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