The 56th annual edition of the Alpbach European Forum (EAF), my first visit there in fifteen years, had as its theme “The Future: Experience, Experiment, Design”. The EAF consumes the second fortnight of August in the Tyrolean mountain community of Alpbach, a delightful village tucked away...

Purpose – Seeks to discuss the European Union's decision in December 2004 to begin debating Turkey's formal application to join the EU marks the beginning of what could be a prolonged decade of game‐playing by both the Union and the applicant from Istanbul. Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to determine the feasibility of binding, politically, economically and culturally, the Mediterranean Sea's southern and northern coasts. Design/methodology/approach – The paper evokes the gains and limitations of such an undertaking. Findings – The...