Responses to the Arabellions
This book studies the reactions by external actors, including the European Union, to the events unfolding in the Arab world beginning in December 2010. In particular, contributors look at external actors attempts to balance their desire for stability with their normative principles toward human rights and democracy. The book compares the action (and inaction) of the EU with other international and regional players, including the United States, Russia, Turkey and Israel, and assesses the response of these actors to the Arabellions events, analysing changes in their approaches to the Arab region.
The contributions to this book answer three questions: (1) How have external actors assessed the Arabellions and what role did they see for themselves in this context? (2) Which goals and instruments did external actors pursue toward the MENA region? In particular, how did they deal with conflicting goals, such as support for human rights and democracy, on the one hand, and concerns about security and stability, on the other? (3) How can we explain the varying responses of external actors to the Arabellions?
This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Integration.
Tanja A. Brzel is Professor of Political Science and holds the Chair for European Integration at the Otto-Suhr-Institute of Political Science, Freie Universitt Berlin, Germany. She is co-coordinator of the Research College The Transformative Power of Europe, and directs the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Europe and its Citizens.
Assem Dandashly is a Lecturer in European Public Policy in the Department of Political Science at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. Prior to that, he was a Research Fellow at the Kolleg-Forschergruppe The Transformative Power of Europe, Freie Universitt Berlin, Germany. He holds a PhD in Political Science (2012) from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Thomas Risse is Professor of International Politics at the Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science, Freie Universitt Berlin, Germany, where he is co-coordinator of the Research College The Transformative Power of Europe, and coordinator of the Collaborative Research Center Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood.
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