Conflict, Cooperation and Leadership in the Mediterranean

This compelling book delves deep into the intricate tapestry of Euro-Mediterranean politics and diplomacy, shedding light on the motivations that guided the actions of key political players from the 1980s to the Arab Spring. The author portrays the Mediterranean as a transactional good, traded to achieve political, economic, and diplomatic goals.

Autorentext

Ivan Ureta is Head of Executive Education at the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland. He holds a PhD in Business History and a PhD in International Political Economy (King's College London). He has been affiliated to IE Business School, University of Cambridge and University of Oxford amongst others. He served as an expert at the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Inhalt

Table of contents - introduction - spain and the great gallop: strategies of a political entrepreneur - lights and shadows: the assertion of spanish leadership in the international arena during the aznar era, 1996-2004 - zapatero's attempt to reposition spain in the mediterranean - the presidency of nicolas sarkozy and the mediterranean - migration, security and public opinion in the euro-mediterranean region - the long cultivation of the arab spring - conclusions - references