Avrupa ve Ortadoğu: AB Fırsatı Kaçırdı mı?

1990’lar boyunca Avrupa Birliği Ortadoğu ve Kuzey Afrika ile ilişkilerinde insiyatif almış ve vizyon sergilemişti. Bu süreç Akdeniz ile serbest ticaret bölgesi kurulmasını, İran ile ilişkileri, Körfez İşbirliği Konseyi ile diyaloğu ve Ortadoğu Barış süreci içinde Filistinlileri ekonomik olarak desteklemeyi kapsıyordu. Bugün, geçmişin aksine AB sayısal olarak genişlemiş olsa da emelleri açısından daralmaktadır; kararlı hareketler yerine bildiriler yayınlamakla ilgilenmektedir. Geçen 15 yıllık AB politikalarını detaylı bir şekilde inceleyen bu makalede AB’nin biçimleme gücü ve ABD’yi Ortadoğu’da dengeleyebilecek potansiyeli olmasına rağmen bunları gerçekleştirebilmekten uzak olduğu gözler önüne serilmektedir

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Avrupa Birliği (AB), Ortadoğu, Akdeniz Birliği, AB-İran İlişkileri, AB-Irak İlişkileri, AB-Körfez İşbirliği Konseyi İlişkileri, AB-Filistinliler.

Europe and the Middle East: Has the EU Missed Its Moment of Opportunity?

In the 1990s the EU demonstrated initiative and vision in its dealings with the Middle East and North Africa, including building a free trade area in the Mediterranean, engagement with Iran, dialogue with the GCC, and economic support to the Palestinians in the Middle East peace process. Today, by contrast, the EU has expanded in size but retreated in ambition, resorting to ever more policy pronouncements in place of decisive action. Through an analysis of the changes in EU policies over fifteen years, this paper reveals the extent to which the EU has fallen short of realising its potential as a formative power and counterweight to the United States in the Middle East

Keywords:

European Union (EU), Middle East, UfM (Union for the Mediterranean), EU-Iran, EU-Iraq, EU-GCC, EU-Palestinians,

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