Middle East & North Africa

Das Friedensgutachten 2011 stellt revolutionäre Umbrüche, Krieg und Intervention im arabischen Raum an den Anfang seiner Bilanz. Diese haben die europäische Politik überrascht. Was sagt das über Europa aus?

Although the Western media has already shifting its focus to other topics, the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia are far from over. How will the events in North Africa affect democracy and security in the region? Can the West play a positive role moving forward?

What positions have Germany and France adopted in the light of mass demonstrations and regime change in Tunisia? What is expectated of Germany, France, and the EU by Tunisia and other Arab states during the process of transformation? These questions were discussed at the “German-French Future Dialogue” by Sami Ben Sassi, Internet activist from Tunis, Béligh Nabli, director of research at the French Council on Foreign Relations and Strategy (IRIS) in Paris, and Klemens Semtner, head of the task force on transformation partnership with Tunisia in the German Foreign Office.

Mit dem Sturz Ben Alis Mitte Januar hat Tunesien den Grundstein für einen Entwicklungsprozess gelegt, der inzwischen neben Ägypten auch auf andere Staaten der Region übergegriffen hat. Seither ist eine Übergangsregierung im Amt, die sich in dem nordafrikanischen Land um Stabilität und Demokratisierung bemüht.

How will the Arab world develop after its stormy spring? This was one of the questions that Jack A. Goldstone of George Mason University, Paul Freiherr von Maltzahn, executive vice-president German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), and Almut Möller, head of the Alfred von Oppenheim-Center for European Policy Studies at the DGAP discussed.