الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية و الحوض الغربي للمتوسط: التحدي و الاستجابة

Abstract

As for the Mediterranean as a whole, its geopolitical borders are difficult to accurately distinguish, as it is hard to deny the peculiarity and uniqueness of the Mediterranean due to its numerous specifications. Among them, we have its ability to create convergence and rapprochement between peoples, and to encourage different exchanges among its inhabitants, in addition to a consensus on many collective values and the integration of many Laws, practices, customs, and traditions. The western Mediterranean also gives ample room for maneuver between its two shores (southwestern Europe, northwest Africa, the Atlantic, the eastern basin, and from there the Indian Ocean), as the countries of the western European Mediterranean have a special interest in the region, and with all its events and developments that are produced by circumstances, repercussions and interests. Here it is very natural for the United States of America not to remain a spectator to other powers that arrange the region’s priorities and make its developments, but rather seek to be the initiative and participate in the region’s mobility, interactions, and destiny, whether on the narrow geographical or expanded geopolitical level.