The EMU fiscal adjustment paths of the four Southern Europe members (Italy, Spain, Greece, and Portugal – SE-4) vary along two dimensions: a) cross-temporal (pre- and post-EMU accession) and b) cross-country. We account ...

The Middle East and North Africa is a security interdependent region, where governments are caught in a classic prisoners’ dilemma. They are well aware that cooperation would be less costly than conflict, and yet they have ...

This paper focuses on the evolution of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) as a regional economic organisation and a type of regional governance as influenced by the level and direction of transnational exchange and ...

This paper tries to provide an explanatory framework for understanding the BSEC as an example of ‘new regionalism’. It examines and illustrates the structural change of the BSEC within the context of ‘new regionalism’, the ...

This paper will try to examine ways and means of developing co-operation in the field of scientific research, upgrading the quality of higher education and vocational training in Mediterranean Partner Countries. It will ...

A framework to ensure that whistleblowers are protected by the law and that their public interest reports or disclosures are effectively acted upon will strengthen democratic societies based on human rights and the rule ...