................................................................................................................................. i Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................. ii Table of contents .................................................................................................................. iii List of Abbreviations .............................................................................................................iv Introduction............................................................................................................................1 Historical overview.............................................................................................................3 Methodology ......................................................................................................................5 Chapter 1. Literature review ...................................................................................................7 Chapter 2: Hypothesis ..........................................................................................................13 Chapter 3: Assessing EU policies in the Mediterranean region: Association Agreements, Action Plans; the example of Morocco and Jordan................................................................17 3.1. Association Agreements and Action Plans in detail: analysis .....................................19 3.2. The case of Jordan and Morocco: implementation......................................................25 Conclusions..........................................................................................................................30 Appendices:..........................................................................................................................32 Association Agreements ...................................................................................................32 Action Plans .....................................................................................................................32 Bibliography: .......................................................................................................................33