Continuing perplexity. The ceremony launching the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), which we reported upon widely in issue 9706, unfolded exactly as expected. No more and no less. There are two positive aspects to the UfM - refocussing political attention on this vast, crucial region, and also political dialogue among some participants on the fringes of the summit to try and ease conflict in the Middle East. But these are outweighed by areas of perplexity - a colossal mismatch between the...