Special Issue – September 2024

The Special Issue “20 Years From the ENP: De-Neighbouring EU-MENA Relations in Times of Hard Politics” is a Paper Series published by the EST’s Observatory on EU-MENA Relations. Moving from the 20th anniversary of the ENP, the Observatory, in collaboration with the EST’s Editorial Team, promotes its first Special Issue “20 Years From the ENP: De-Neighbouring EU-MENA Relations in Times of Hard Politics” to understand and explain how relations between the EU and the MENA have changed over the last years while highlighting the EU’s need and alleged attempt to go beyond its nearest Neighbourhood. It does so at a critical moment of re-engagement with the region, seeking to unpack and contrast the idea of a normative Neighbourhood that has long impacted on the EU’s capacity and credibility in the whole region, while laying the foundations of the concept of “de-neighbouring” that seems to be key in tracing future trajectories in EU-MENA relations. This Issue combines academic contributions with policy-oriented research papers, and addresses the whole MENA region, not limiting itself to the traditional Mediterranean and Neighbourhood to call for a more inclusive and flexible European approach.

Download Special Issue Volume 1 Issue 1 HERE!