The EU: Asian Conflicts and Middle East
This chapter focuses on the initiatives of EU for conflict resolution, conflict prevention, conflict management and confidence building in the Asian conflicts and crises in the Middle East. The European practice for peace is full of new experiences in the
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The EU: Asian Conflicts and Middle East
Abstract This chapter focuses on the initiatives of EU for conflict resolution, conflict prevention, conflict management and confidence building in the Asian conflicts and crises in the Middle East. The European practice for peace is full of new experiences in the Asia and Middle East. Remarkably, the important issue of international consideration concerned with Middle East is Palestine–Israel dispute that has been aflame over 60 years. On the other hand, the physical involvement of USA in Iraq was a hard decision for EU policymakers. The second part of this chapter examines the Asian issues, such as the US-Iran tension on the nuclear programme and the stress of EU on this issue. Finally, the Indo-Pak rivalry and the EU’s standpoint on the resolution. Keywords Arab-Israel dispute Iraq War US-Iran tension Indo-Pak rivalry This chapter focuses on the initiatives of EU for conflict resolution, conflict prevention, conflict management and confidence building in the Asian conflicts and crises in the Middle East. The European practice for peace is full of new experiences in the Asia and Middle East. The continent of Asia is identified as historically a land of wars and clashes; and many issues are big challenges for the policymakers of EU on how to deal with the Asian and Middle Eastern issues. Remarkably, the important issue of international consideration concerned with Middle East is Palestine–Israel © The Author(s) 2017 M. Hussain, The European Union, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2884-7_5
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dispute that has been aflame over 60 years. On the other hand, the physical involvement of USA in Iraq was a hard decision for EU policymakers. The second part of this chapter examines the Asian issues such as the US-Iran tension on the nuclear programme and the stress of EU on this issue. Finally, the Indo-Pak rivalry and the EU’s standpoint on the resolution. This chapter explains that dealing with complex issues of Asia and Middle Eastern politics was not an easy task for the EU. In fact, it was an enormous challenge. So how it has dealt with these issues; was it successful or unsuccessful while dealing with these crises; this is the theme of this chapter. The shift in common foreign policy towards other parts of the world, including Asia and Middle East, was an attempt to test the capacity of CFSP. This chapter also investigates the inter-bloc disparities and difference of CFSP for implementing common attitude of the EU.
MIDDLE EASTERN DISPUTES EU and Arab-Israel Conflict European Community is trying to manage a solid position in the ArabIsrael conflict since it has been established. The proponents of six member countries were well aware of the importance of region, the reason why in the early days of European Political Cooperation (EPC) they tried to establish a concrete platform for resolving this issue. On November 1973, EPC published its first official declaration following the Yom Kippur War. The primary parameters described in that declaration were to develop the substan
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