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The new Middle East / Policy Brief

The EU and the Arab spring: from munificence to geo-strategy

05/10/2011 By Richard Youngs

Political change in the Middle East and North Africa is good news for Europe and the EU is right to set the deepening of Arab reform as a key objective. Many admirable new European policy initiatives have been introduced offering support for Arab reform. But emerging dynamics in the region suggest that over the longer-term the EU will also require a fundamentally more strategic approach.

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Keywords

Democratic reform EU Foreign Policy Europe European Union MENA Middle East and North Africa Political Reform

Bio author: Richard Youngs

Democracy promotion. EU foreign policy.