Raffaella Del Sarto

<p>Raffaella A. Del Sarto is professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, where she directs the <a href="http://borderlands-project.eu/Home.aspx">BORDE

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