Spain and the Mediterranean

Richard Gillespie

"This is the first comprehensive study of Spanish Mediterranean policy. After providing a historical overview, it examines how the country's transition to democracy affected its Mediterranean relationships, especially those with Morocco and Algeria. The book shows how, subsequently, Spain has developed a 'global' Mediterranean policy, extending beyond North Africa to the Near East, and how Spaniards have come to play an influential role in the European Union through the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: a multilateral response to instability in the South. Recent experience calls into question the adequacy of this response. Spanish and EU Mediterranean policy is marked by various tensions: between seeking to reduce the North-South divide and pursuing self-serving economic strategies, between advocating intercultural dialogue and feeling threatened by immigration, and between attempting...

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