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Pierre Schori

Pierre Schori is director-general of the Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo (Fride).

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Europe and the Arab world: divided souls

An intransigent western policy towards radicals in the Arab world, typified by the boycott and isolation of Hamas-led Palestine, is of benefit only to extremists. Europe must follow a better way, says Pierre Schori.