Forward / Canan Atligan -- Introduction : EU-North Africa relations in an age of turbulence / Adel Abdel Ghafar & Anna Jacobs -- Algeria : the EU's real partner or a "tough suburb of a prosperous EU metropolis"? / Dalia Ghanem -- EU-Morocco relations : finding a new balance / Intissar Fakir -- Tunisia and the EU : too close, too far / Youssef Cherif -- Libya-EU relations : prospects and challenges / Arturo Varvelli -- EU-Egypt relations : the delicate balance of economic, security and political interests / Adel Abdel Ghafar -- Conclusion / Adel Abdel Ghafar