Publication

This volume is the product of a conviction regarding the importance of sustainability in understanding Mediterranean politics. Too often state sustainability had been erroneously confused with regime stability. Not only are these two concepts distinct, with sustainability being broader and deeper than stability. Also, pursuing regime stability has often acted to the detriment of state sustainability. The conviction underpinning this research has been corroborated by the events that have overwhelmed the Arab world since December 2010. Indeed, the year 2011 will go down in history as a critical turning point in the political evolution of the Mediterranean region.