EU mediterranean policies still lack a unified scientific approach

The plurality of approaches to understanding Euro-Mediterranean relationship represents a challenge for the EU policy formulation. This article provides an overview of the approaches' potential overlap in giving EU policy-making advice via an integrative approach called Analysis of Foreign Policy (AFP). The novelty in applying AFP approach provides parallel analysis of EU Mediterranean policies that other approaches lack, and enables application of their comparative analysis thanks to its two main components: levels of analysis of foreign policy and phases of foreign policy process. [web URL: http://www.emuni.si/press/ISSN/1855-3362/9-1.pdf]