Analysis: Europe: In need of a lifeline

Major analysis feature. As upheavals in north Africa and the Middle East spur efforts to create a EU partnership for the Mediterranean, portents from the recent past bode ill.

ESO: Background information: Union for the Mediterranean http://www.europeansources.info/record/union-for-the-mediterranean/

ESO: Background information: Europe’s stand on Middle East peace http://www.europeansources.info/record/europes-stand-on-middle-east-peace/

FRIDE: Richard Youngs: What not to do in the Middle East and North Africa, March 2011 http://www.fride.org/publication/895/what-not-to-do-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa

FRIDE: Crisis in the Middle East and North of Africa http://www.fride.org/page/48/crisis-in-the-middle-east-and-north-of-africa

ECFR: Europe and the Arab revolutions http://ecfr.eu/content/entry/europe_and_the_arab_revolutions

EEAS: Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EUROMED) http://eeas.europa.eu/euromed/index_en.htm

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