Topics include economic and political policy toward Mediterranean countries outside of the EU, the EU as a security actor in the Mediterranean, the Barcelona Process and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP), Spanish policy interests and how these relate to the policies of the EU, and the EU enlargement in the Mediterranean, its benefits and consequences; the potential of a free trade zone.
Method of presentation:
Lectures by the instructor, supported with bibliographical and other didactic materials, followed by discussion with the students.
Required work and form of assessment:
Student participation (15%); presentation in class (15%); 10-15 page term paper (20%); mid-term exam (25%); final exam (25%).
content:
The countries on the Eastern and Southern shores of the Mediterranean: population, natural resources, economic situation, political evolution, prospects. Their importance for Spain and the rest of the European Union as commercial partners, energy providers and source of immigration.
Spain and its Mediterranean neighbours. A brief appraisal of the recent past: Colonial history and decolonisation. Spain’s interests in the Maghreb. Encouraging development through the AECI and the ICMAMPD. The Averroes Committee: A model for political dialogue?
The European Union (EU): Establishment, goals, main institutions. The enlargements; two conflictive candidates: Spain and Cyprus. The difficulties of adopting a common foreign policy.
The Mediterranean policy of the EU: Objectives and priorities. The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP). The 12 Mediterranean partners and the case of Libya. The bilateral and regional dimensions. Financing the EMP: The MEDA Program and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Reviving the Barcelona Process: The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The future European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI). The case of candidates for EU membership.
The EU as a security actor in the Mediterranean. The relationship with NATO: partnership or rivalry? The role of the EU in the Middle East Peace Process: global player or global payer?
Granada as a centre for Euro-Mediterranean cultural relations: The Euro-Arab Foundation and the EAMS. Activity: Visit to the centres.
Brief Biography of Instructor:
Nieves Ortega holds a Bachelor´s and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Granada (UGR). At the UGR, she is a Professor of Political Sciences, a member of the GEIM Mediterranean research group, and of the Institute of Migration Studies. In addition, Professor Ortega coordinates the social area of the Immigration Observatory of the University of Jaén. She was a guest scholar at the Center for Comparative Migration Studies at the University of California San Diego, a visiting research fellow at the Centre for Migration Research at the University of Sussex, and a researcher at the Universities of Paris and Québec. Her main fields of interest are migration policies, economic migration, as well as ethnical movements and political activism of immigrants in Southern Europe. She has an extensive publishing record, and has collaborated with international institutions such as the Migration Policy Institute and the Korean Labour Institute.
Topics include economic and political policy toward Mediterranean countries outside of the EU, the EU as a security actor in the Mediterranean, the Barcelona Process and the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP), Spanish policy interests and how these relate to the policies of the EU, and the EU enlargement in the Mediterranean, its benefits and consequences; the potential of a free trade zone.
Lectures by the instructor, supported with bibliographical and other didactic materials, followed by discussion with the students.
Student participation (15%); presentation in class (15%); 10-15 page term paper (20%); mid-term exam (25%); final exam (25%).
Nieves Ortega holds a Bachelor´s and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Granada (UGR). At the UGR, she is a Professor of Political Sciences, a member of the GEIM Mediterranean research group, and of the Institute of Migration Studies. In addition, Professor Ortega coordinates the social area of the Immigration Observatory of the University of Jaén. She was a guest scholar at the Center for Comparative Migration Studies at the University of California San Diego, a visiting research fellow at the Centre for Migration Research at the University of Sussex, and a researcher at the Universities of Paris and Québec. Her main fields of interest are migration policies, economic migration, as well as ethnical movements and political activism of immigrants in Southern Europe. She has an extensive publishing record, and has collaborated with international institutions such as the Migration Policy Institute and the Korean Labour Institute.