The Arab Spring

This book examines the intra- as well as the inter-regional geopolitical and strategic implications of the Arab Spring by analyzing and connecting the broader economic and political strands of Euro-Mediterranean regional power shifts.

Beginning in 2010, there has been a consolidating cooperation among existing powers in the Euro-Mediterranean in face of the rapid de-stabilization of the Arab region. This fact alone accelerated the hesitant responses by the EU towards emerging hegemons, particularly Russia and China, who in-turn applied traditional mechanisms of increasing regional economic influence to bolster their political influence, but with the difference that a normative influence is missing, in contrast to the EU's and US' influence, which is strongly centered on universal norms pertaining to political, economic and social-cultural norms. This book examines the Arab Spring not only from its intra but also inter-regional geo-political and strategic implications by analyzing the Euro-Mediterranean region following the onset of the Arab Spring. It aims to connect the broader economic and political strands of power shifts that have taken place since the Arab Spring, making it of interests to political scientists and policy-makers concerned with the Mediterranean and Euro-Arab relations.

Examines the Arab Spring within the context of Euro-Mediterranean region security Investigates resources, economic constraints and opportunities in the Euro-Mediterranean region for long-term sustainable growth within the global macro-economic environment in the post financial crisis decade Connects broader ideational, economic and political strands of power shifts taking place in the Euro-Mediterranean region since the Arab Spring Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
IntroductionA Euro-Meditterranean Regional Security Complex?.- Sectors of Security.- Levels of SecurityIntra-Regional Level.- .Levels of Security Inter-Regional Level: Part A: Select State Actors.- Levels of SecurityInter-Regional Level: Part B: Intergovernmental Organizations: Global GovernmentLeading From Behind or Through Consensus?.- Conclusions: Adressing Regional Security Threats Locally, Regionally, and Globally.