Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Overlapping Identities and Integration Processes in the Mediterranean Basin -- 2 A Clash of Civilizations inside the MENA Countries? Islamist versus Secular Civil Society and the Failure of Pro-democracy Policies -- 3 Beyond the Clash of Civilizations: The Rapprochement of Turkish Islamic Elite with the West -- 4 The Alliance of Civilizations: The Spanish Approach to Bridging the Divide between Islam and the West -- 5 Obstacles to African Unity - A Deutschian Perspective -- 6 The Gradual Europeanization of North Africa: From "Arab Socialism" to a "Stake in EU's Internal Market" -- 7 European Security and the "Clash of Civilizations": Differences in the policies of France, Germany and the UK towards the Mediterranean and the Middle East -- 8 Citizenship and Cultural Clashes: The Cartoon Crisis and Changing Notions of Citizenship -- 9 "Enriched by Open Borders and a Lively Variety of Languages, Cultures and Regions": Cooperation and Integration in the EU in spite of Cultural Diversity -- 10 Some Concluding Remarks on Overlapping Integration in the Mediterranean Basin -- Index.