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Ten Years Into the Arab Uprising: Images of EU's Presence, Practices, and Alternatives in the Mediterranean Space [1]

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Ten years into the Arab uprisings, how is the EU perceived in the Mediterranean region in terms of its democracy and human rights agenda? Based on a systematic inquiry into images of EU presence and practices through 144 recursive multi-stakeholder consultations with mainly civil society and grassroots actors in Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Egypt and Europe, we found that the EU presence is described as invisible, incoherent, preferable to other powers, ambivalent, unresponsive, ineffective, divisive, and even neocolonial. Its practices appear as depoliticizing, securitizing, and technocratic. While it is not seen as a model in the region, no new model is emerging. However, ideas for alternatives exist, namely embracing the local struggle for democracy, taking account of human security needs on all shores of the Mediterranean, and investing into a new two-way relationship where all voices matter equally.

Autori: 
Daniela Huber [2]
Dati bibliografici: 
in European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol. 25, Special Issue (2020), p. 131-150
In: 
Altri paper e articoli [3]
ISBN/ISSN/DOI: 
1384-6299, 1875-8223 (online)
Data pubblicazione: 
15/06/2020
Link esterni: 
Ordina online [4]
Contenuti collegati: 
(Ricerca) A comprehensive, integrated, and bottom-up approach to reset our understanding of the Mediterranean space, remap the region, and reconstruct inclusive, responsive, and flexible EU policies in it – MEDRESET [5]
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[1] https://www.iai.it/it/pubblicazioni/ten-years-arab-uprising-images-eus-presence-practices-and-alternatives-mediterranean
[2] https://www.iai.it/it/persone/daniela-huber
[3] https://www.iai.it/it/pubblicazioni/lista/all/altri-paper-e-articoli
[4] https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/European+Foreign+Affairs+Review/25.4/EERR2020015
[5] https://www.iai.it/it/ricerche/comprehensive-integrated-and-bottom-approach-reset-our-understanding-mediterranean-space