Contents
Page
viii
Acknowledgments
ix
Contributors
xxi
Preface
Joe Borg
Foreword
Tonio Borg
xxiii
Introduction
Stephen Calleya and Monika Wohlfeld
xxix
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Acronyms
Part I
The Events of 2011
1
1
The Arab Revolutions of 2011: Revolutions of
Dignity
Zaid Eyadat
3
2
The Revolution in Tunisia: an Opportunity for
a Real Change
Ahmed Driss
20
3
Tunisia: the Paradigm of a “Happy Revolution”
Bichara Khader
34
4
The Egyptian Revolution
Noha Bakr
57
5
The Arab Regional System and the Arab Spring
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
82
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Bibliographical References (Part I)
94
Part II
The Challenges of Good Governance: Political
and Economic Perspectives
101
6
Human Rights and Democracy in North Africa:
Challenges for Change
Omar Grech
103
7
Good “Democratic” Governance in the
Mediterranean
Fouad M. Ammor
120
8
The Euro-Med Economies in Early 2010s: Two
Coasts in Crisis
Zafiris Tzannatos
133
9
The Role of Armed Forces in the Arab
Uprisings
Derek Lutterbeck
160
10
Media in North Africa: the Case of Egypt
Lourdes Pullicino
177
Bibliographical References (Part II)
206
Part III
The Role of Civil Society
217
11
The Changing Role of Civil Society in the EuroMediterranean Area
Claire Spencer
219
12
Women, Citizenship and Change: The Role of
Women’s Movement in the Arab World
Colm Regan
234
13
Civil Society, Youth and the Arab Spring
Rama Halaseh
253
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Intercultural Dialogue and the Emerging
Mediterranean: Realigning the Anna Lindh
Foundation Strategy
Paul Walton
274
Bibliographical References (Part III)
292
Part IV
Lessons Learned from Other Regions of the EU
Neighbourhood
301
15
The 1989 Changes in Central and Eastern
Europe: Lessons for the Arab Nations?
Anthony Jones
303
16
The European’s Eastern Accession and
Neighbourhood Processes: Do Post-1989
Experiences in Central and Eastern Europe
have Lessons for the Arab Spring?
Nick Hopkinson
316
17
Between Russia and the EU: Lessons from the
Orange Revolution in Ukraine
Olexiy Haran
334
18
Turkey and the Arab Spring: the Revolutions in
Turkey’s Near Abroad
Bahri Yilmaz
349
19
Turkey as a Source of Inspiration for the Arab
Spring: Opportunities and Challenges
Adam Balcer
370
Bibliographical References (Part IV)
387
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Part V
EU’s Response to Challenges in the Emerging
Mediterranean
395
20
The EU’s Relations with its Mediterranean
Neighbours in a Regional Perspective
Andreas Marchetti
397
21
A Strategic Reassessment of EU Policy in the
Mediterranean
Stephen Calleya
413
22
In the Face of Revolution: the Libyan Civil War
and Migration Politics in Southern Europe
Cetta Mainwaring
431
23
Energy Security in the Euro-Mediterranean
Region
Manfred Weissenbacher
452
24
The OSCE’s Mediterranean Dialogue: Can it
Contribute to Democratization in North African
Countries?
Monika Wohlfeld
470
Bibliographical References (Part V)
495
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