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EU policies towards the Southern Mediterranean after the Arab uprisings are predominantly seen in the literature as marked by continuity with the past. This is attributed to the fact that the EU still acts with the aim of maximising its security by preserving stability in the region. By examining a range of policy areas, this special issue aims to assess and qualify this claim.
Articles:
+ Framing and reframing the EU’s engagement with the Mediterranean: examining the security-stability nexus before and after the Arab uprisings Roberto Roccu & Benedetta Voltolini
+ From neglect to selective engagement: the EU approach to rural development in the Arab Mediterranean after the Arab uprisings Christos Kourtelis
+ Banking on ordoliberalism? Security, stability and profits in EU’s economic reform promotion in Egypt Roberto Roccu
+ EU democracy promotion and the dominance of the security–stability nexus Assem Dandashly
+ The EU and Islamist parties in Tunisia and Egypt after the Arab uprisings: a story of selective engagement Benedetta Voltolini & Silvia Colombo
+ Counterterrorism and democracy: EU policy in the Middle East and North Africa after the uprisings Vincent Durac
+ Thinking energy outside the frame? Reframing and misframing in Euro-Mediterranean energy relations Anna Herranz-Surrallés
+ Changing the path? EU migration governance after the ‘Arab spring’ Andrew Geddes & Leila Hadj-Abdou
+ EU religious engagement in the Southern Mediterranean: much ado about nothing? Sarah Wolff
+ Security and stability reframed, selective engagement maintained? The EU in the Mediterranean after the Arab uprisings Roberto Roccu & Benedetta Voltolini
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