Union for the Mediterranean: how realistic an exercise in foresight?
Abstract
Purpose
The objective of this paper is to determine the feasibility of binding, politically, economically and culturally, the Mediterranean Sea's southern and northern coasts.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper evokes the gains and limitations of such an undertaking.
Findings
The paper finds that the initiative may be premature, but a formal relationship should strengthen ties between the new Europe and industrializing portions of North Africa and the western Middle East.
Originality/value
Strong efforts by one European leader to rationalize the relationships of the European Union with nearly two‐dozen Islamic States hold promise politically, economically and perhaps culturally.
Keywords
Citation
Richardson, J. (2009), "Union for the Mediterranean: how realistic an exercise in foresight?", Foresight, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 3-6. https://doi.org/10.1108/14636680910950101
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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