Josip Broz Tito's saying that'one should not hold on to the law like a drunken man holds on
to a fence'remains a valid piece of popular wisdom today, encapsulating the problem of …

Democracy promotion has been an influential policy agenda in many Western states and
international organisations, and amongst many NGO actors. But what kinds of models of …

Democracy promotion is an established principle in US and EU foreign policies today, but
how did it become so? This comparative study explores the promotion of democracy …

This article focuses on how the EU has interpreted the Arab uprisings as they unfolded in the
Middle E ast and N orth A frica (MENA) since D ecember 2010. EU actors have long …

Several events in the past few years have dramatically shown how the interests of European
citizens are directly affected by the stability, security and prosperity of their neighbouring …

Academic wisdom assumes that crises precipitate institutional and policy changes in
domestic and international politics. However, the relation between crises and policy …

This book examines the European Union's response to the Arab spring, from late 2010 to the
beginning of 2014. It investigates how far the EU changed its policies towards the Middle …

As part of a repertoire of the European Union's (EU's) geopolitical practices, the imaginary of
Mediterranean Neighbourhood is a means with which to manage dissonance between the …

The momentous changes in the Middle East and North Africa have brought the issue of
human rights and democracy promotion back to the forefront of international politics. The …

Although" democracy promotion" has become a popular term for policy makers and
scholars, democratization is rarely a smooth or linear transition. While some countries …