"Democracy, which protects freedom and citizens’ rights more than any other regime, is in crisis today. In recent years, it has become exhausted in its European center and along its periphery. Citizen trust of the European Union’s democratic institutions has been fading. The EU’s normative power” -- its ability to spread its norms and values to other states -- and its soft power” -- its ability to attract others to its point of view -- ..."
"Turkey’s position in transatlantic alliances goes back in the 1950s. Turkish Foreign Policy “Fresh Look” was launched just prior to the failed coup d’etat last July, and was intended to mend ties with its neighbors with whom Turkey has strained relationships. Turkey’s new pragmatic reconciliation policy strives to build bridges without damaging existing transatlantic alliance. The goal of developing goodrelations with its neighbors that ..."
"This book examines the respective aims and interests of the European Union and the United States in the Middle East and North Africa along with their approaches, with a special focus on a comparison of the EU-led Euro-Mediterranean ..."
Islam and Democracy(1st Edition) Perspectives on the Arab Spring by AylinUnverNoi Hardcover, 245 Pages, Published 2013 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4438-4714-8, ISBN: 1-4438-4714-3
"The electoral success of Islamist parties in the MENA in the wake of the Arab Spring has been welcomed by their Islamist proponents that were under pressure of their former regimes. However, their success has been met with concerns and fears by secularists and religious minorities of these countries. The question of whether this Arab Islamic awakening takes a step forward or backward for human rights and democracy came to the agenda bec ..."