Publication

Mar 2010

This paper considers the Middle East and the Mediterranean in a transatlantic perspective from the two points of view in order to provide recommendations for making the allies’ approaches more harmonized and convergent. The first part of it discusses the reasons why it failed and the options left to the administration. It pinpoints the convergences and divergences with respect to the available options between the new US administration, the European countries and the EU, and Turkey. The second part considers Euro–Mediterranean relations and, more generally, EU policies toward the area. In conclusion, it maintains that the transatlantic perspective on the Mediterranean and the Middle East can hardly be homogeneous, as it is inherently affected by the differences in focus and interests of the transatlantic stakeholders.

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Author Roberto Aliboni
Series GMF-IAI Mediterranean Paper Series
Publisher German Marshall Fund of The United States (GMF)
Copyright © 2010 The German Marshall Fund of the United States
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