Euro-Mediterranean Relations After September 11: International, Regional and Domestic Dynamics

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
1 Security-Building in the Mediterranean After September 11......Page 10
The Structure of the Collection......Page 17
Conclusions......Page 25
REFERENCES......Page 27
2 Reshaping the Agenda? The Internal Politics of the Barcelona Process in the Aftermath of September 11......Page 29
The Changing International Context......Page 30
Transferring or Adapting the JHA Agenda?......Page 34
Towards a Cultural Partnership?......Page 37
Consequences for the EMP......Page 39
NOTES......Page 42
REFERENCES......Page 43
3 Repercussions of the Emerging European Security and Defence Policy on the Civil Character of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership......Page 45
The Civilian Power Concept: A Theoretical Model Difficult to Implement......Page 47
ESDP: A Challenge to Europe’s Civil Profile?......Page 49
Repercussions of ESDP on the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership......Page 52
Conclusions......Page 56
NOTES......Page 58
REFERENCES......Page 60
4 Gender and Security in the Mediterranean......Page 62
Gender and Security......Page 63
Gendered Security Threats: Taking Domestic and International Disorder Seriously......Page 65
Gendered Human Security in the EMP......Page 67
Gender, Security and the Military......Page 69
Conclusions......Page 74
NOTES......Page 75
REFERENCES......Page 77
5 The EMP and Morocco: Diverging Political Agendas?......Page 83
EU Democracy Promotion within the EMP......Page 84
Political Reform in Morocco......Page 85
EMP and Moroccan Political Agendas......Page 89
The Democratization Projects in Morocco, 1996–2001......Page 90
Thematic Areas of Intervention: What Agendas for Democratization in Morocco?......Page 91
A Post-September 11 Agenda?......Page 94
Conclusion......Page 96
NOTES......Page 97
REFERENCES......Page 99
6 A Two-Level Game: Spain and the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights in Morocco......Page 100
Morocco as an Object of Spain’s Human Rights Foreign Policy......Page 102
The International Dimension......Page 104
The Internal Dimension......Page 107
Official Spanish Discourse and Practice on the Ground......Page 109
Positive Instruments and their Limits......Page 112
Conclusion......Page 115
NOTES......Page 116
REFERENCES......Page 121
7 The External Dimension of Sub-national Governments: Dealing with Human Rights at the Barcelona and Valencia Euromed Civil Fora......Page 123
Some Preliminary Ideas about the Role of Sub-national Governments in International Relations......Page 124
Democratization and Decentralization in the Mediterranean......Page 125
The Link between Sub-national Governments and Human Rights in the EMP......Page 127
Two Case Studies......Page 129
Barcelona 1995: The Foundation Stone......Page 130
Seven Years Later: Valencia 2002......Page 133
Conclusions......Page 136
NOTES......Page 138
REFERENCES......Page 142
8 Loss of Guiding Values and Support: September 11 and the Isolation of Human Rights Organizations in Egypt......Page 146
The Human Rights Organizations......Page 148
The International Donors......Page 151
The Egyptian Government......Page 152
The NGOs......Page 154
The International Donors......Page 156
The NGOs......Page 157
The Donors......Page 159
The Government......Page 162
Conclusions and Outlook......Page 163
NOTES......Page 164
REFERENCES......Page 165
9 Democratization without Democracy? The Assistance of the European Union for Democratization Processes in Palestine......Page 166
Coding Democracy......Page 168
EU Support for Democratization in Palestine......Page 172
How Successful was MEDA Democracy Promotion?......Page 176
Conclusion......Page 181
NOTES......Page 183
REFERENCES......Page 184
10 The EU and the Middle East Conflict: Tackling the Main Obstacle to Euro-Mediterranean Partnership......Page 187
Financial and Economic Support......Page 188
Palestinian State- and Institution-Building......Page 190
The Search for Regional Stabilization......Page 191
Financial and Material Support......Page 193
Declaratory Politics......Page 195
Dialogue and Diplomacy......Page 197
Factors Hampering Effective European Political Involvement......Page 198
EU Policy-Making......Page 199
US Policies......Page 200
Future Perspectives......Page 201
NOTES......Page 202
REFERENCES......Page 205
11 Arab Regional Integration as a Prerequisite for a Successful Euro-Mediterranean Partnership......Page 207
Theoretical Assessment of the EMP......Page 209
Effects of the EMP on Current and Potential MPCs......Page 211
FDI Inflows into the Mediterranean and Elsewhere......Page 215
Strengthening the EMP through Southern Integration......Page 216
Obstacles to Maghrebi and Arab Integration......Page 218
The UMA as an Initial Step towards a Restructured EMP......Page 220
Conclusion......Page 223
NOTES......Page 224
REFERENCES......Page 225
Israeli Ambitions and Barcelona Realities......Page 227
Israel’s Progressive Disenchantment with the Barcelona Process......Page 229
Israel and Mediterranean Regionalism......Page 230
Option 1: Israel in the EMP......Page 231
Option 2: Bilateral Agreements of the Swiss-EU Type......Page 233
Option 3: EEA Membership......Page 234
Option 4: EU Membership......Page 238
NOTES......Page 243
REFERENCES......Page 244
Reshaping the Agenda? The Internal Politics of the Barcelona Process in the Aftermath of September 11......Page 246
Gender and Security in the Mediterranean......Page 247
A Two-Level Game: Spain and the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights in Morocco......Page 248
Loss of Guiding Values and Support: September 11 and the Isolation of Human Rights Organizations in Egypt......Page 249
The EU and the Middle East Conflict: Tackling the Main Obstacle to Euro-M Mediterranean Partnership......Page 250
Israeli Policy Perspectives on the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in the Context of EU Enlargement......Page 251
Notes on Contributors......Page 252
Index......Page 253