States, Actors and Geopolitical Drivers in the Mediterranean

Moving from a historical and cultural perspective, this book examines the geo-political and socio-economic changes involving the enlarged Mediterranean. Organised into two main sections, the first section (The new centrality of the Mediterranean Basin: Trends and Dynamics) is devoted to the analysis of the most relevant drivers and interdisciplinary broader issues, and the second section (Hotspots of Crisis and Regional Interferences in the Mediterranean) assesses the situation in some areas interested by the waves of uprisings since 2011-12. The book aims to uncover this new, critical centrality of the Mediterranean in the global scenario through the analysis of the interactions and intertwining of those trends and dynamics offering a historical holistic broad view. What follows is an Italian perspective that is the result of the research of a group of scholars who have been working for years on the first-hand sources of the countries examined. A peculiar vision connected not only to its unique geographical position at the center of the basin, but also to its deep relations with the southern shore throughout its long history.Francesca Maria Corrao is Professor in the Department of Political Science at LUISS University, Italy, and established Master in Politics and Management in Middle East and North Africa. Her work has been previously published in Mediterranan Studies, Arabic Literature & Culture and she is the author of Islam, Religion and Politics (2017), and Le Rivoluzioni Arabe. La transizione Mediterranea (2011).

Riccardo Redaelli is the Director of the Master in Middle Eastern Studies (MIMES) at the Catholic University of the S. Heart, Italy, and Professor of Geopolitics and History of Asia. He has published more than 100 monographs, edited books, essays and articles on the history and contemporary politics of the Middle East.

Auteur

Francesca Maria Corrao is Professor in the Department of Political Science at LUISS University, Italy, and established the Master in Politics and Management in the Middle East and North Africa. Her work has been previously published in Mediterranan Studies, and Arabic Literature & Culture. S*he is the author of *Islam, Religion and Politics (2017), and Le Rivoluzioni Arabe: La transizione Mediterranea (2011).

Riccardo Redaelli is Director of the Master in Middle Eastern Studies (MIMES) at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy, and Professor of Geopolitics and History of Asia. He has published more than 100 monographs, edited books, essays and articles on the history and contemporary politics of the Middle East.

Contenu
Introduction: A New Centrality of the Mediterranean basin.- Section 1: The new centrality of the Mediterranean Basin: trends and dynamics.- Chapter 1: The political situation along the Southern shore of the basin.- Chapter 2: Islamic movements in the Mediterranean Basin.- Chapter 3: Demographic dynamics and Euro-Mediterranean geopolitics.- Chapter 4: The Mediterranean as a new world hub and its role in the Belt and Road Initiative.- Chapter 5: Women activism.- Session II: Hotspots of crisis and regional interference in the Mediterranean.- Chapter 6: Proxy wars in the Levant: the case of Siraq.- Chapter 7: The Libyan storm and its regional side effects.- Chapter 8: Egypt and the myth of 'authoritarian stability'.- Chapter 9: The evolving scenario of Tunisia.- Chapter 10: The Israeli Palestinian impasse.- **Conclusion.