The Changing Landscape of the Arab World and Implications for the EU and Turkey

Policy Brief (The German Marshall Fund of the United States) Nov 15, 2012
Foreign Policy Program

Emiliano Alessandri & Nora Fisher Onar *

In September 2012, the Transatlantic Foundation of the German Marshall Fund of the United States co-hosted a workshop entitled “21 Months and Counting: The Changing Landscape of the Arab World and Implications for the EU and Turkey” with the support of the EU Delegation in Turkey. The event brought together some 50 international participants from the EU, Turkey, the United States, and the Middle East and North Africa region. Discussions from the five panels — “Revolution and Evolution in the Arab World: Triumphant, Unfinished, and Ongoing,” “Socio-economic Disruption and Economic Development — How Can the EU and Turkey Contribute?,” “Education, Institution-Building, and the Establishment of Democracy: What Role for the EU and Turkey,”  “Stability and Leadership: The Transatlantic Alliance and the New Middle East,” and “Cooperation between the EU and Turkey in the New Arab World: How Would we make it Operational?” — are summarized in this policy brief.

* Emiliano Alessandri is a Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Washington office. Nora Fisher Onar is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Bahcesehir University and Ron Asmus Policy Entrepreneurs Fellow with the German Marshall Fund.

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