Raffaella A. Del Sarto
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View article: Regionalism and Alliances in the Middle East, 2011-2021: From a “Flash in the Pan” of Regional Cooperation to Liquid Alliances
Regionalism and Alliances in the Middle East, 2011-2021: From a “Flash in the Pan” of Regional Cooperation to Liquid Alliances Open
Published online: 5 January 2024
View article: Oslo: Three Decades Later
Oslo: Three Decades Later Open
Contrary to the commonly held belief that the 1993 Oslo Accord was a peace treaty, this article shows that it was an imbalanced interim agreement that unsurprisingly failed. Three decades later, the Israeli-Palestinian reality is marked by…
View article: Conclusions and Outlook
Conclusions and Outlook Open
The concluding chapter synthesizes the empirical and theoretical findings presented in the book. It discusses the study’s findings on the interaction between Europe and the Mediterranean Middle East—Europe’s southern borderlands—by pointin…
View article: Contestation, Leverage, and Interdependence
Contestation, Leverage, and Interdependence Open
This chapter discusses questions of interdependence and the power relations that underpin the dynamics of the relationship between Europe and the Mediterranean Middle East. Highlighting the growing interconnectedness between the two region…
View article: Exporting the European Order Beyond the Border
Exporting the European Order Beyond the Border Open
The chapter focuses on the specific modus operandi of European policies towards the states of the Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa in the time period under consideration (1995 to 2015). It highlights the modalities of Europe’s at…
View article: Conceptualizing Relations Between Europe and the Mediterranean Middle East
Conceptualizing Relations Between Europe and the Mediterranean Middle East Open
This chapter presents the conceptual framework of this study. It delves into the meaning and implications of adopting a borderlands approach to the study of the complex relationship between Europe and the Mediterranean Middle East and Nort…
View article: Borderlands
Borderlands Open
The book proposes a profound rethink of the complex relationship between Europe—defined here as the European Union and its members—and the states of the Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe’s ‘southern neighbours’. The…
View article: From European Colonial Enterprise to ‘Normative Empire Europe’
From European Colonial Enterprise to ‘Normative Empire Europe’ Open
The chapter provides the historical context for contemporary relations between Europe and the Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It demonstrates that European policies towards its southern borderlands developed from the imp…
View article: Introduction
Introduction Open
The chapter provides a general introduction to the topic of the book, namely the examination of the complex relationship between Europe—defined here as the European Union and its member states—and the states of the Mediterranean Middle Eas…
View article: Sectarian securitization in the Middle East and the case of Israel
Sectarian securitization in the Middle East and the case of Israel Open
Focusing on the politics of sectarianism in the Middle East after the Arab uprisings, this article advances two main claims. First, it identifies the current climate of insecurity in the region amid major geopolitical shifts as a key condi…
View article: Insecurity, Identity Politics, and the Restructuring of the Middle East
Insecurity, Identity Politics, and the Restructuring of the Middle East Open
View article: Interregnum: The Regional Order in the Middle East and North Africa after 2011
Interregnum: The Regional Order in the Middle East and North Africa after 2011 Open
View article: The Governance of Migration and Border Controls in the European–North African Context
The Governance of Migration and Border Controls in the European–North African Context Open
Against the backdrop of the growing leverage that MENA states have been acquiring vis-à-vis Europe on the issue of migration and border controls over the last decade, this paper identifies a number of trends in the responses of MENA states…
View article: Contentious borders in the Middle East and North Africa: context and concepts
Contentious borders in the Middle East and North Africa: context and concepts Open
Published: 01 July 2017
View article: Periphery under Pressure: Morocco, Tunisia and the European Union's Mobility Partnership on Migration
Periphery under Pressure: Morocco, Tunisia and the European Union's Mobility Partnership on Migration Open
Morocco and Tunisia resisted for some time pressure from the European Union to sign readmission agreements. These agreements co-opt states into the EU’s migration governance, and include a commitment to cooperation on the expulsion of unwa…
View article: Normative Empire Europe: The European Union, its Borderlands, and the ‘Arab Spring’
Normative Empire Europe: The European Union, its Borderlands, and the ‘Arab Spring’ Open
Focusing on the EU's relations with its periphery, this paper takes issue both with persistent ‘normative’ conceptions of the EU's international role in the European Studies literature and with the constructivist–rationalist divide in IR t…
View article: Periphery Under Pressure: Morocco, Tunisia and the European Union's Mobility Partnership on Migration
Periphery Under Pressure: Morocco, Tunisia and the European Union's Mobility Partnership on Migration Open