Political Islam and European Foreign Policy: Perspectives from Muslim Democrats of the Mediterranean. CEPS Paperbacks. November 2007

Youngs, Richard and Emerson, Michael and Amghar, Samir and Atrissi, Talal and Aydin, Senem and Boubekeur, Amel and Çakır, Ruşen and Eddine Jorshi, Salah and Kawakibi, Salam and El-Din Shahin, Emad and Springborg, Robert and Tocci, Nathalie (2007) Political Islam and European Foreign Policy: Perspectives from Muslim Democrats of the Mediterranean. CEPS Paperbacks. November 2007. Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > CEPS Paperbacks . Centre for European Policy Studies. ISBN 9789290797111

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Abstract

The time is ripe for the European Union, its institutions and member states to undertake an explicit review of its current policy of ‘benign neglect’ towards the broad collection of ‘Muslim democrat’ parties in the Mediterranean Arab states. The group of experts assembled to produce this new book adduces mounting evidence that this policy may lead to unintended consequences, such as the reinforcement of anti-democratic regimes and radical Islamism. Their arguments favour a broad inclusion of Muslim democrats in EU initiatives aiming at the reform of governance and the development of civil society, without extending to them any singular, exclusive or unsolicited privileges.

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