Hope is not enough

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The Royal Institute of International Affairs' Middle East Programme (MEP) will monitor the progress of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Initiative between the European Union (EU) and most of its Mediterranean neighbors over the next 12 years. The initiative seeks to integrate the EU and the Mediterranean region economically and socially. It promotes a regional free-market economy through the removal of southern Mediterranean tariffs, hopefully strengthening southern economies while enhancing political stability in the region. MEP will investigate the economic attitudes behind the initiative.

European Union, International economic integration, Economic integration, Mediterranean region, Foreign trade zones

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Risky rush for a doubtful goal

Article Abstract:

Great Britain faces less straightforward foreign policy issues than was true during the Cold War era. The British now demand economic security and national self-approbation from their foreign policy. Other issues include welfare reform, NATO and European political integration. The British government seems to be interested in using softer tools of power than the military, such as diplomacy and cultural influence. Other nations in the developed world have similar foreign policy expectations.

United Kingdom

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National security in a New World Order

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European security in the post-Cold War era should be left as is, rather than embarking on an untried system. The European Community would do well to support the maintenance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), rather than set up its own collective security organization. The complex politics of a common defense policy may be best kept out of the economic and social arena of the EC, and left to the less-charged atmosphere of NATO.

Europe, Military aspects, National security

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