European Union's Mediterranean Policy: Model or Muddle?

Karim Knio is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands. He is the academic coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus MAPP Masters program and convener of the Governance and Democracy specialisation. His research focuses on the political economy of governance, regionalism and trade with a focus on the Euro-Mediterranean region.

• Introduction: Model or Muddle? 1. Institutionalisms  - An Overview 2. Delineating the Muddle: From 'Patchy' frameworks to the European Mediterranean Partnership 3. Emergence and Consolidation of a 'Model': The European Mediterranean Partnership and Beyond 4. The Role of Ideas and Interests in the EU-Mediterranean Policy