Raffaella Del Sarto

Raffaella A. Del Sarto is professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, where she directs the BORDERLANDS research project. She is also adjunct professor in Middle East Studies and International Relations at The Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Center.

Conflict at the EU's southern borders: the Sahel crisis

Gradually, EU systems of governance have extended into the southern Mediterranean, linking dynamics in the Sahel with European interests through its borderlands. This could be a test of the EU's foreign policy ambitions. But is the Union ready and capable to act, and if so, what is at stake?

By Simone Tholens and Raffaella Del Sarto

/ 1 Feb 2013