Publication

Dec 2016

This background paper peruses particular datasets in order to understand the demographic, environmental, energy, economic and military transformations that have occurred in the MENA region. More specifically, the paper 1) introduces the applicable literature that covers each of the above topics; 2) identifies the ideal databases one should use in assessing the status of the MENA region; and 3) looks at the relative role of material factors in shaping the regional order, to include how the EU might respond to them.

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Author Martin Keulertz, Mark Mulligan, Eckart Woertz, Emanuela Menichetti, Sven Biscop
Issue 3
Publisher Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
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