- Uluslararası Kriz ve Siyaset Araştırmaları Dergisi
- Vol: 4 Issue: 1
- European Neighborhood Policy and the Arab Spring
European Neighborhood Policy and the Arab Spring
Authors : Hüseyin Pusat Kildiş
Pages : 189-215
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Publication Date : 2020-05-29
Article Type : Research
Abstract :The Mediterranean possess strategic, political and economic aspects that are important to the European Union. The European Union implemented the Global Mediterranean Policy in 1972, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in 1995 and the European Neighborhood Policy in 2004. The Union, however, along with the Arab Spring process, struggled to implement a common foreign policy because of the conflicting interests from its members. This article will examine, the emergence of the European Neighborhood Policy, which the EU is applying for a cultural, economic and political convergence towards its neighbors, and the transformation of this policy with the Arab Spring process.Keywords : European Neighborhood Policy, European Union, Arab Spring, Barcelona Process, Global Mediterranean Policy