1st Edition
Routledge Handbook of Mediterranean Politics
1. Introduction: The growing international relevance of Mediterranean politics, Richard Gillespie and Frederic Volpi 2. The historical construction of the Mediterranean, Dominic Fenech and Michelle Pace 3. Historical/geopolitical turning points in the modern Mediterranean: Cold War, Post Cold-War and Arab Spring, Francesco Cavatorta 4. Regionalism and the Mediterranean: Long history, odd partners, Federica Bicchi 5. Securing the Mediterranean, inventing the ‘Middle East’, Pinar Bilgin 6. From imperialism to failed liberal peace: How Europe contributed to MENA’s failing states system and how MENA blowback threatens Europe, Raymond Hinnebusch 7. A new era in Euro-Mediterranean relations, Richard Youngs Section II – geopolitical perspectives 8. EU member states’ representation and positioning and the north-south divide in Euro-Mediterranean affairs, Tobias Schumacher 9. The North-South divide: Southern perceptions of the Mediterranean, Yahia Zoubir 10. US Outlook on the Mediterranean 11. Israeli regional perspectives and the Mediterranean, Daniela Huber 12. Turkish regional perspectives and the Mediterranean, Bill Park Section III – peace and conflict 13. The Mediterranean Observes the World, the World Observes the Mediterranean: Conflict and Peace in the Mediterranean, Stephen Stetter 14. Military and Politics in the Mediterranean, Aurel Croissant and Tanja Eschenauer 15. Stalled conflicts in the Mediterranean, Neophytos Loizides 16. Insurgencies, terrorism, and political violence in the Mediterranean region, Krista E. Wiegand 17. Do regional organizations contribute to security? Perspectives on Euro-Mediterranean cooperation, Niklas Bremberg 18. Regime resilience and the Arab uprisings in the southern Mediterranean: Four emerging approaches for explaining aut
Biography
Richard Gillespie is Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool and was the founding editor of the journal Mediterranean Politics.
Frédéric Volpi is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the School of International Relations at the University of Saint Andrews.
