The Evolving Role of the Adriatic Space in the Mediterranean. Challenges and Opportunities
Located at the crossroads of the Balkan Peninsula, Central Europe, and the Mediterranean, the Adriatic has historically been characterized by partitioning of the basin into separate spaces of national sovereignty and regional integration. These centrifugal and centripetal forces are still at work today and the future of the region will depend on two different geopolitical dynamics: further European integration and EU efforts to stabilize the Mediterranean region. Without a simultaneous orientation toward Europe and the rest of the Mediterranean, the Adriatic Sea will not be able to perform its inter-locking role and will run the risk of progressive marginalization. Adriatic stakeholders should therefore move toward a vision that sets the space on a path toward stronger EU integration and a strengthening of the EU's Mediterranean dimension.
Paper produced within the framework of the IAI-GMF strategic partnership.
Emilio Cocco
Washington, German Marshall Fund of the United States, 2013, iv, 11 p.
Mediterranean-paper_23.pdf
Mediterranean Papers
Paper in the GMF website
1. Historical background
2. The Adriatic space: actors and shared issues
3. Cooperation in the Adriatic Sea
4. Territorial disputes
5. The Adriatic Sea in the Mediterranean space
(Research) Cooperation in the Mediterranean and the Middle East
Transatlantic Security Symposium - 5. ed.
The European Neighgourhood Policy
A comprehensive, integrated, and bottom-up approach to reset our understanding of the Mediterranean space, remap the region, and reconstruct inclusive, responsive, and flexible EU policies in it – MEDRESET
EU-GCC Cooperation
Hearing on Italy's Mediterranean policy: the impact of the Arab Spring
The Middle East and the EU: New Realities, New Policies
Regional Cooperation and the Development of Energy Resources in the Eastern Mediterranean
Informal hearing on supranational democracy and the Mediterranean