Mapping out a Euro-Mediterranean strategy

Abstract

In the world of 7 billion people, the emergence of more turbulent times in international relations has unleashed numerous forces that are undermining the very foundations of the sovereign state system. The incredible level of inequality between different peoples around the world and the increase in hate crimes against different religions and cultures is manifesting itself in ways that are often proving very difficult to manage within countries and at a regional level. The process of rapid change in domestic and international relations continues at an amazing pace affecting the fabric of our political, economic and social landscape. Since the end of the Cold War in general but especially since the Arab upheavals of 2011, major questions are being asked in Europe and the Arab world about which direction the world is moving in and whether this is the path to a future of more stability and prosperity or uncertainty and austerity.