Entrevista sobre la situació a Gaza i el Pròxim Orient amb Mutaz Qafisheh, catedràtic de Dret Internacional a la Universitat d'Hebron.
The new actors brought to light by the revolutions and the democratisation processes are redefining the geo-strategic landscape of the region. The changing political landscape also affects the relations with external powers.
In transition countries like Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, but also in “reform countries” like Jordan and Morocco, it is now evident that democratic reforms will be drawn-out and incomplete.
The Mediterranean as a region is undergoing a critical process of change. Where does the Turkey stand in this rapidly changing environment?
The EU has gone to great lengths to tailor an adequate “response” to the 2011 uprisings. Yet, so far EU policy has not incorporated the strategic foresight that will be needed to anchor Europe’s position in future relations with the region.
The objectives such as conflict resolution, human rights and democracy promotion have often been mentioned in the EU official documents but that the discrepancy between rhetoric and deeds has been appalling.
L´UPM a souffert, dès sa naissance, d’un environnement hostile qui est venue se greffer à des déficiences d’ordre institutionnel manifestes.
The current wave of events seems to have ended the notion of Arab “immunity” to democratic influences, but with no clear indication of the direction of changes in the region.
Those actors that have been the least supportive of political change – China, Russia and Iran – stand to lose influence in the region, just as those actors viewed as the most supportive during the Arab Spring – Turkey and the EU – stand to ga...
The Palestinian bid for membership was received with great fanfare within the UN. Yet nearly a year after the submission of the Palestinian application for full UN membership to the SC, there has been little progress on the dossier.
Within the Euromed partnership, the most well-known and developed areas of cooperation are those which have been prioritized by the EU member states. However, this can jeopardize the EU ’s international identity as a promoter of values.
Security issues are on top of the EU ’s policy agenda with regard to the MENA region. At the same time, however, the assessment of developments in the field of democracy promotion and human rights is negative overall.
The more specific results of the Survey do raise some more nuanced points. These concern both the architecture and underlying factors of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and the decisions and actions of given countries and EU institutions.
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