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Democracy and Human Rights Policies / Policy Brief

Spain's Diminished Policy in the Mediterranean

12/01/2010 By Kristina Kausch

Spain’s weight and presence in the southern Mediterranean have declined in recent years. This policy brief explores how Spain continues to give undue priority to its own short term national interests and the more superficial aspects of its image in the Mediterranean, over and above visionary and forward-looking strategic thinking.

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Keywords

Barcelona Process Mediterranean Dialogue Spain

Bio author: Kristina Kausch

Kristina Kausch is a researcher at FRIDE. Her research focuses on European policies in the EU's neighbourhood, in particular in the Southern Mediterranean, democracy, human rights and governance, and political Islam.