Union for the Mediterranean: how realistic an exercise in foresight?

Abstract

Purpose

The objective of this paper is to determine the feasibility of binding, politically, economically and culturally, the Mediterranean Sea's southern and northern coasts.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper evokes the gains and limitations of such an undertaking.

Findings

The paper finds that the initiative may be premature, but a formal relationship should strengthen ties between the new Europe and industrializing portions of North Africa and the western Middle East.

Originality/value

Strong efforts by one European leader to rationalize the relationships of the European Union with nearly two‐dozen Islamic States hold promise politically, economically and perhaps culturally.

Citation

Richardson, J. (2009), "Union for the Mediterranean: how realistic an exercise in foresight?", Foresight, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 3-6. https://doi.org/10.1108/14636680910950101