CHALLENGES IN THE MAGHREB AND MASHREQ
CGSG Director2nd July at Scotland House, 6 Rond-Point Schuman, Brussels
CHALLENGES IN THE MAGHREB AND MASHREQ
Joint Closed Seminar by (黑料网), the , and consultancy firm .
This鈥� workshop鈥� brings鈥� together鈥� policy鈥恗akers,鈥� stakeholders鈥� and鈥� academics鈥� to鈥� explore鈥� the鈥� roots,鈥� possible鈥� trajectories,鈥� and鈥� long鈥恟un鈥� policy鈥� implications鈥� of鈥� the鈥� Arab鈥� Uprisings 鈥﹚ith 鈥﹕pecific 鈥ゝocus 鈥﹐n 鈥﹖hree鈥� core 鈥﹊ssues:
- Resilience:鈥� What鈥� role鈥� do鈥� institutions鈥� and鈥� economic鈥� policy鈥� play鈥� in鈥� supporting鈥� and鈥� sustaining鈥� societal鈥� resilience?鈥� What鈥� roles鈥� can鈥� internal鈥� actors鈥� play鈥� in鈥� combining鈥� security,鈥� stability,鈥� development,鈥� and鈥� democracy鈥� policies 鈥﹖o鈥� achieve 鈥﹔esilience?
- External鈥� Actors’鈥� Roles:鈥� How鈥� can鈥� private鈥� intervention鈥� (for鈥愨�� and鈥� non鈥� profit)鈥� and鈥� government鈥� policy鈥� increase鈥� the鈥� likelihood鈥� of鈥� orderly鈥� transitions鈥� towards鈥� more 鈥﹔esilient 鈥﹕ocieties?
- Avoiding鈥� Blowback:鈥� How鈥� can鈥� the鈥� risks鈥� of鈥� ‘backslide’鈥� best鈥� be鈥� managed?鈥� How鈥� can 鈥゜lowback 鈥゜e鈥� avoided?
The鈥� workshop鈥� will鈥� consider鈥� how鈥� the鈥� challenges鈥� these鈥� issues鈥� pose鈥� vary鈥� across鈥� specific鈥� MENA鈥� contexts,鈥� with鈥� particular鈥� respect鈥� to鈥� three鈥� categories鈥� of鈥� political鈥� systems:鈥� 1.鈥� ‘post鈥恜opulist鈥� republics’鈥� (Egypt,鈥� Tunisia,鈥� Yemen),鈥� 2.鈥� deeply鈥� divided鈥� societies鈥� (Syria,鈥� Lebanon,鈥� Libya)鈥� and鈥� 3.鈥� states鈥� in鈥� which鈥� protests鈥� have鈥� been鈥� muted.
The鈥� Workshop鈥� will鈥� be鈥� closed鈥� and鈥� held鈥� under鈥� ‘Chatham鈥� House鈥� Rules’,鈥� i.e.鈥� comments 鈥﹎ade 鈥゛re鈥� never 鈥ゝor鈥� attribution鈥� unless鈥� otherwise鈥� specified.