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The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) has the pleasure of inviting you to a Lighthouse Europe seminar on:
EU and the Uprisings in North Africa
Thursday, 10 February 2011, 14.00-16.00
Danish Institute for International Studies
Main Auditorium
Strandgade 71, ground floor, 1401 Copenhagen K
Background
The events in Tunisia and Egypt in the recent weeks have caught Europe off-guard. European Union institutions, member states and influential southern European governments supported the Tunisian regime until the very day when President Ben Ali was forced to flee the country. After years of preaching reforms and democratization through the Barcelona process and the European Neighbourhood Policy, while at the same time supporting undemocratic regimes in the name of regional stability, the EU is now faced with the consequence of this approach: a lack of influence in the region.
Why have the policies of the EU failed in the region? How should the EU relate to popular Islamist forces in the region? What role does the bilateral relationships between some EU member states like France and the North African countries play? And finally, where do the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt leave the EU’s Mediterranean policy?
Speakers
Fabrizio Tassinari, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Helle Malmvig, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Rasmus Alenius Boserup, Postdoc. Researcher, DIIS, former director of the Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute (DEDI)
Ulla Holm, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Programme
14.00-14.05 Introduction
Fabrizio Tassinari, Senior Researcher, DIIS
14.05-14.20 What Went Wrong? EU Policies Towards North Africa
and the Middle East
Helle Malmvig, Senior Researcher, DIIS
14.20-14.35 The Islamist Challenge. Possible Scenarios for the
Rise of Islamism in the Region
Rasmus Alenius Boserup, Postdoc. Researcher, DIIS
14.35-14.50 The Faut Pas of France: The Role of EU Member
States in the Region
Ulla Holm, Senior Researcher, DIIS
14.50-15.00 Which Way Ahead? The Future of EU Policy Towards
the Region
Fabrizio Tassinari, Senior Researcher, DIIS
15.00-15.15 Coffee Break
15.15-16.00 Open Discussion
Chair: Fabrizio Tassinari, Senior Researcher, DIIS
Practical Information
The seminar will be held in English.
Registration is unfortunately no longer possible due to overwhelming interest in the seminar. |
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