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Title: The Euro-Mediterranean partnership's political and security chapter
Authors: Galea, Iain Paul (2000)
Keywords: Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
Europe -- Foreign relations -- Mediterranean Region
Mediterranean Region -- Foreign Relations -- Europe
National security -- Europe
National security -- Mediterranean Region
Issue Date: 2000
Citation: Galea, I.P. (2000). The Euro-Mediterranean partnership's political and security chapter (Master's dissertation).
Abstract: A study on the Mediterranean region would not be complete without a proper discussion on where the boundaries of this area are. The Mediterranean' s boundaries are strange in the sense that they seem to shift according to what one is discussing, be it geography, history, culture, politics and so on. The Mediterranean is a well known and traditional geographical concept, used in everyday political discussion, however defining it can prove to be quite a task. Many great historians and leaders have left their mark by giving their ideas of what really makes the Mediterranean region what it is. The Mediterranean Sea is obviously the central body of all the many definitions of this area. In his celebrated work, ‘The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II’, Fernand Braudel says that "the Mediterranean region stretches from the northern limit of the olive tree to the northern limit of the palm tree. The first olive tree on the way south marks the beginning of the Mediterranean region and the first compact palm grove the end." On the other hand, another famous definition of the Mediterranean region is that given by Charles De Gaulle, whose idea of the Mediterranean region was the area between the Atlantic and the Urals. In the context of Mediterranean security, it is in my opinion that the Mediterranean region should thus at least include all the actors central to the specific conflicts. The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) has been very successful in doing this with regards to the Southern Mediterranean, however the same can't be said of the North. In fact EMP has gone as far as accepting the Palestinian Authority, so far not a state, to ensure that the main actors in the Middle Eastern Question are represented. The same can be said about the Cypriot conflict where both Turkey and Greece as well as Cyprus are Partnership members. Towards the North however, none of the countries of the volatile Balkan Region are represented. This shows EMP' s goal very clearly, that of stabilising the South so as to prevent any threats originating from there and making it easier to develop new markets.
Description: M.A.DIPLOMATIC STUD.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/74926
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