Objective - Discuss the impacts that the Arab revolutions may have on the Union of the Mediterranean
Thoughts-
-The arab-Israeli dilemma stilll offers the greatest barrier to a stronger mediterranean union, as well as reluctance from non-mediterranean EU members
- but what could be the impacts of the current revolutions on this brainchild
- Would stronger democratic processes in Tunisia, Algerian and Egypt increase the likelyhood of a successful and influential union being created
- Could such a union play a role in ensuring that such countries implement successful, long lasting democratic processes
- could this new unity in the Mediterranean, with closer diplomatic and economic ties, based on co-operation, counter-balance anti israeli and western governments that we fear could be elected in the future Egypt et al-
- such a union provides an opportunity to unite islamic and western states under the banner of democracy, potentially made possible by currents events
-Can such a supranational organisation be created or is it naive and is the real reality that the differences between states are too serious to allow the creation and development over time of an institution that in the long run could tie the faith of these countries together?
It seems to me that such a union has a lot to offer, the creation of a Med union, which has a greater role to play than at present has still too many barriers to overcome, but the spread of democracy in Northern Africa could be one small step towards such a day, and the removal of one of the barriers that currently prevents a meaningful Med union from being created.
here is the wikipedia page on the union as of now
Union for the Mediterranean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thoughts-
-The arab-Israeli dilemma stilll offers the greatest barrier to a stronger mediterranean union, as well as reluctance from non-mediterranean EU members
- but what could be the impacts of the current revolutions on this brainchild
- Would stronger democratic processes in Tunisia, Algerian and Egypt increase the likelyhood of a successful and influential union being created
- Could such a union play a role in ensuring that such countries implement successful, long lasting democratic processes
- could this new unity in the Mediterranean, with closer diplomatic and economic ties, based on co-operation, counter-balance anti israeli and western governments that we fear could be elected in the future Egypt et al-
- such a union provides an opportunity to unite islamic and western states under the banner of democracy, potentially made possible by currents events
-Can such a supranational organisation be created or is it naive and is the real reality that the differences between states are too serious to allow the creation and development over time of an institution that in the long run could tie the faith of these countries together?
It seems to me that such a union has a lot to offer, the creation of a Med union, which has a greater role to play than at present has still too many barriers to overcome, but the spread of democracy in Northern Africa could be one small step towards such a day, and the removal of one of the barriers that currently prevents a meaningful Med union from being created.
here is the wikipedia page on the union as of now
Union for the Mediterranean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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