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Attitudes towards the EU and Its Presence in the Mediterranean: Perceptions of Elite Actors in Turkey

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An Outlook on Tunisian Elite Stakeholders’ Perspectives on the EU and Its Policy Preferences in Tunisia and the Mediterranean

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Towards a Viable EU–Gulf Engagement: Qatari Perceptions of the EU and Its Policies in the Region

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Saudi Arabia’s Relations with the EU and Its Perception of EU Policies in MENA

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Egyptian Elite’s Views on Egypt, and Its Relations with the EU

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Revisiting the Role of the EU in the Neighbourhood: Moroccan Elite Perceptions on the EU and Its Policy Impact in the Mediterranean

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Lebanese Elites’ Views on Lebanon and Its Relations with the EU

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Israel, the EU, and the Mediterranean: Understanding the Perceptions of Israeli Elite Actors

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EU–Iran Relations: Iranian Perceptions and European Policy

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The Remaking of the Euro-Mediterranean Vision

Edited by PODEM Executive Director Aybars Görgülü and PODEM Project Officer Gülşah Dark, “The Remaking of the Euro-Mediterranean Vision” is published by Peter Lang within the frame of Horizon 2020 MEDRESET Project. The edited collection is an in-depth analysis on EU perception and EU’s policy actions towards the MENA region under the current geopolitical context....

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DRIVING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE MENA REGION:
THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

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Exploring Refugee Movements in the Middle East Regional Context
Responses to the Syrian Crisis in Lebanon and Turkey

Refugee movements are not a new phenomenon in the Middle East and North Africa. The history of the region has been shaped by waves of displacement and refugee crises, and the most recent, the dramatic case of Syria, is still in process. This paper investigates refugee movements in the region and their impact on regional...

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EU Seen from the Outside
Local Elite Perceptions on the Role and Effectiveness of the EU in the Mediterranean Region

The global and regional contexts surrounding EU–Mediterranean relations have substantially changed since the 1995 Barcelona process, and the EU’s strategic view of the Mediterranean has correspondingly changed with them. The current setting of the Mediterranean appears to necessitate a reset on the understanding of the region from the perspective of local societies and also of...

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Regional Order from the Outside In
External Intervention, Regional Actors, Conflicts and Agenda in the MENA Region

Contributed by Sabiha Senyücel Gündoğar and Gülşah Dark, this paper was published within the MENARA Project The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been beset by a series of external interventions, regional crises and local conflicts – most recently precipitated by the Arab uprisings – that have led to major uncertainties and changes...

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Global identities
Embedding the Middle East and the North Africa Region in the Wider World

Contributed by Gülşah Dark, the research paper was published within the MENARA Project This paper outlines the ways in which the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been embedded in global identity processes and structures in the post-2011 period. It assesses MENA social and political developments in relation to global ideational and identity factors....

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Challenging the State in the Middle East and North Africa
The Role of Identities

Since independence, states in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have been dominant players in shaping the regional order. The purpose of this paper is to explore and define challenges to the state and their role in shaping identities in the MENA region, and to evaluate their regional roots. The paper emphasizes two...

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Review of Surveys on Euro–Mediterranean Relations and an Introduction to the Elite Survey in MEDRESET

Authored by Gülşah Dark and Zeynep Gülöz Bakır, the research paper “Review of Surveys on Euro-Mediterranean Relations, and an Introduction to Elite Survey in MEDRESET” was published within the scope of the MEDRESET Project. With the dramatic changes in the political sphere of the Mediterranean countries, new challenges have emerged in the existing framework of...

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Turkey, the EU and the Mediterranean
Perceptions, Policies and Prospects

Authored by Aybars Görgülü and Gülşah Dark, the research paper “Turkey, the EU and the Mediterranean: Perceptions, Policies and Prospects” was published within the scope of the MEDRESET Project This paper examines Turkey’s construction of its Mediterranean policy, starting from the period when the country’s foreign policy began to undergo a significant reinvigoration. Employing discourse...

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Energy Relations between Turkey and Israel

This Future Note* prepared within the scope of the MENARA project aims to provide a brief outlook to the energy relations between Israel and Turkey. Following a six years of rupture in bilateral relations, Turkey and Israel signed a reconciliation agreement on June 2016 in order to normalize relations. Several developments have unfolded at regional level during...

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