ABSTRACT
This chapter sets out a suggested framework for looking at Middle Eastern-
European relations from the perspective of MENA states’ foreign policies. This
adds an important dimension to the usual approach which views those relations
as part of a global ‘Mediterranean’ relationship and largely from the perspective
of European policy. An obvious lens through which to view one half of the
equation has been left strikingly underused, viz. Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA)
focusing on the determinants of the foreign policies of the MENA states
themselves – which would allow the South-to-North perspective to be placed in
its proper context.
