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The International NGO Triangle in the MENA Region [1]

MENARA Papers [2]

The International NGO Triangle in the MENA Region

[3]
Authors:
Máté Szalai [4]
17/10/2018

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is increasingly embebbed into the global order in the transnational field, namely through the intra- and interregional interactions of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with state actors. The phenomenon is investigated in the framework of the “international NGO triangle”, namely the system of relations between the non-governmental organization, the host state and the external partner. Case studies include the activities of the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect in Iraq, regional NGOs cooperating with the ECOSOC, and the Qatari “multiple track approach” after the Gulf rift of 2017. However, the extent to which NGOs operating in the region have actual agency (and, in parallel, the extent of their dependency on state actors) can be debated. Consequently, the strengthening of the transnational sector does not necessarily limit the leverage of states as previously predicted.

menara_wp_19.pdf [3]

Details

  • Details

    Rome, IAI, October 2018, 25 p.
  • In:
    MENARA Papers [2]
  • Issue

    Working Papers 19

Table of contents

Introduction
1. Transnationalization in World Politics and in the MENA Region
2. The “INGO Triangle”
3. Case Studies
3.1 The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
3.2 NGOs Cooperating with ECOSOC
3.3 Qatar’s Use of INGOs and Non-State Actors in the GCC Crisis
Conclusion
References


Source URL:https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c28/international-ngo-triangle-mena-region

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[1] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c28/international-ngo-triangle-mena-region [2] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/lista/all/menara-papers [3] https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/menara_wp_19.pdf [4] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/mate-szalai