What not to do in the Middle East and North Africa. FRIDE. 15 March 2011.
Most European policy-makers now acknowledge their miscalculations in North Africa and the Middle East and have promised a gear-change in the EU’s policies towards Arab states. But Europe needs to do more than simply offer the range of possible policy upgrades that have been kicked around for many years according to FRIDE's Richard Youngs. In light of this, basic policy guidelines might best be cast in terms of things the EU should avoid doing in the remoulded Middle East. The interview also contains a passage on transition and development: "Gauging from our more than seven hundred interviews, Arab civil society groups are likely to prefer meaningful and concrete political backing to confront reform-spoilers over an endless stream of seminars on eastern and southern European transitions."
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