”Europe obviously has no choice but to be involved in this transformation process… We have no choice. What is going on in the Arab world today is not foreign affairs for a European, it is a domestic issue.” Hugues Mingarelli ”Egypt in the 1950s was ahead of South Korea in terms of median income. Egypt could have been the Japan of the Middle East, Libya could have been the Norway! When a body has no immunity – when I am ill, all kinds of viruses can easily infiltrate my body. ISIS, the Nusra Front, tribalism, sectarianism: these are manifestations of a structural crisis.” Fawaz Gerges ”Europe has forged significant, coherent, declaratory policy with regard to the Arab-Israeli conflict… What is problematic is the gap between expectation and performance, between rhetoric and action.” Bichara Khader 12
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