What strategy for the greater Middle East?
What strategy for the greater Middle East?

Author(s): Michael Stürmer, Steven Simon, Irina Zvyagelskaya, François Heisbourg
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: CEPS Centre for European Policy Studies
Keywords: Middle East; Constitutional Treaty; European security policy; The Greater Middle East;
Summary/Abstract: We were fortunate in having ahead of the meeting three thoughtful, broad-spectrum papers from which to work. All three of the authors of the papers were asked by the Chairman to pronounce on the validity of the ‘Greater Middle East’ (GME) concept. Michael Stürmer, who made the first presentation, commented that there is a certainunity to the region, notably in terms of the problems it shares. In referring to his paper, he warned against the American tendency to see democracy as apanacea, as it takes a very long time indeed to establish democracy in cultural terms. In the interval, the Americans should make sure that they really want what they say they want.

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