EUROPE HAS A CENTRAL ROLE TO PLAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
EUROPE HAS A CENTRAL ROLE TO PLAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Summary/Abstract: The author draws attention to the problems of the Middle East, advocating for the need for projecting the EU model of integration and cooperation in order to deal with the issues in the area, reckoning that Europe can and must play a central role in the coming transformation of the Middle East. In this respect, he mentions that the region is now acutely symptomatic of the unpredictable way the international system has changed faster and more radically than anyone could have expected, being influenced by the emergence of new players as well as considerable governance deficits, which are leading to the creation of failed states etc. In line with General de Gaulle’s “simple ideas” to the “complicated East” approach, Mr. Otte puts forward a few propositions regarding the peace process in the Middle East, all leading to the institutionalisation of relations between countries in the Middle East, along European, Asian or even Latin American lines, that has to be pursued as a long term goal and as a political backdrop for peacemaking.

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