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The EU solves democracy promotion in the Arab world
Abboud 2010 (Noufal Abboud was Project Coordinator at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) project on Democracy in the Arab Word, focusing on elections, political parties and women’s participation in politics in Egypt, Yemen and Jordan. He has a MA in Human Rights from Mahidol University, Thailand, and a Licence en Droit (BA in Law) from University Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco; "Regenerating the State in the Arab World: The Role Of the European Union in Democracy Building"; http://www.idea.int/resources/analysis/upload/Abboud_low_1.pdf, SRM)
It is only with knowledge of the local …. role of either catalyst or teacher.
The EU is comparatively more effective than the US at democracy promotion - Arab perception
Abboud 2010 (Noufal Abboud was Project Coordinator at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) project on Democracy in the Arab Word, focusing on elections, political parties and women’s participation in politics in Egypt, Yemen and Jordan. He has a MA in Human Rights from Mahidol University, Thailand, and a Licence en Droit (BA in Law) from University Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco; "Regenerating the State in the Arab World: The Role Of the European Union in Democracy Building"; http://www.idea.int/resources/analysis/upload/Abboud_low_1.pdf, SRM)
Finally, the Arab world desperately …. tolerance, diversity and justice.
EU credibility low now
Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest, 8/19/11, online: http://www.businessinsider.com/european-crisis-deepens-2011-8
The bad news just keeps coming. Coming close on the recent revelation that economic growth is slowing faster than expected in France and Germany, British labor figures have disappointed forecasters and it seems that Greece is heading for yet another recession despite optimistic predictions to the contrary.
A familiar pattern is emerging …getting worse, not improving.
CP increases EU soft power
E. A. Fakhro, The European Union and Islam: Democracy Promotion in Bahrain and the Arab World, 2009, online: http://www.idea.int/resources/analysis/upload/Fakhro_low_2.pdf
Any entity that seeks to promote democracy …. ally and partner of the Arab world.
Increasing EU credibility is critical to avert an economic crisis
Tabellini 10 (Guido, Italian economist, “The ECB: Gestures and Credibility,” May 26, 2010, tek.org.tr, YS)
The currency crisis that is …. other European authorities.
Failure to restore the economy leads to global great power wars.
Mead, ’09 [Walter Russell, Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, New Republic, February 4, http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=571cbbb9-2887-4d81-8542-92e83915f5f8&p=2]
So far, such half-hearted experiments … we may still have to fight.