OLD WINE, NEW BOTTLE?: THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN AND THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE EU FOREIGN POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION

Year 2015, Volume: 33 Issue: 1, 137 - 156, 31.03.2015

Müge Kınacıoğlu

https://doi.org/10.17065/huiibf.58378

Cited By: 3

Abstract

This article aims to provide an overview
of the EU’s Mediterranean policy in the context of the recent developments in
North Africa and the Middle East. The article will first examine previous EU
policies towards the region. In the second part, it will evaluate the EU’s
foreign policy during the Arab uprisings that has come to be referred to as the
“Arab Spring”. Within this framework, the article argues that the EU has not
developed a common policy at the Union level as a response to the revolutions
and crises in the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East, but rather maintained
the former EU policies in essence.

Keywords

EU, foreign policy, Mediterranean policies

ESKİ ŞARAP YENİ ŞİŞE?: BÖLGEDEKİ SON GELİŞMELER IŞIĞINDA AB DIŞ POLİTİKASINDA AKDENİZ HAVZASI VE ORTA DOĞU

Abstract

Bu makalenin amacı, son dönemde Kuzey Afrika ve Orta Doğu’da olan gelişmeler bağlamında AB’nin Akdeniz politikasına genel bir bakış sunmaktır. Makale, ilk önce AB’nin geçmişte bölge için geliştirdiği politikaları inceleyecek, ikinci bölümde de Kuzey Afrika ve Orta Doğu’da, genel olarak “Arap Baharı” olarak adlandırılan Arap halk hareketleri sürecinde AB’nin dış politikasını değerlendirecektir. Bu çerçevede makale, AB’nin, Akdeniz Havzası ve Orta Doğu’daki devrim ve krizlere yönelik Birlik düzeyinde ortak bir politika geliştirememiş olduğunu ve radikal değişim olarak tanımlanan gelişmeler karşısında, daha önceki AB politikalarının özünde devamlılığını koruduğunu iddia etmektedir.

Keywords

AB, dış politika, Akdeniz politikaları, Orta Doğu, Kuzey Afrika, Arap Baharı

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