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Nathalie Tocci is Deputy Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome.

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A u-turn in Turkish politics? Gezi Park in perspective

Nathalie Tocci 3 June 2013

The simmering dissent and dissatisfaction unleashed at Gezi Park may not be enough to topple AKP's majority, but it threatens their political agenda as well as Turkey's democratic consolidation.

Europe's Middle East policies: a southern European twist

Nathalie Tocci and Lapo Pistelli 25 February 2013

More coordination and strategy are needed in Europe's response to the sinister signs of stolen revolution. The political-strategic impulse has come from the south in the past. In the current economic crisis this should be more the case, not less.

Israel Palestine and the end of the two-state road

Nathalie Tocci 6 December 2012

The peace process has become the number one enemy of a just and lasting solution.

Partners in need: Turkey, the European Union and the United States face the Arab Spring

Nathalie Tocci 7 March 2012

The Arab spring has cast Turkey back into the western fold and away from alternative alliance patterns which seemed to be in the pipeline only a few years ago. Turkey won't act in Syria without its western partners. Meanwhile it is the very incompleteness of the Turkish model which is of such interest to its neighbours.

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In 2011 a wave of democratic uprisings swept across the Arab world. Overcoming authoritarianism in one of the regions in which it had been most deeply entrenched, sparked a broader trend of political change in the world. Against all odds, the mobilization, with the aid of new technologies, of a largely unorganized civil society, in the past suppressed by authoritarianism made this possible. Yet in order to overcome the resilience of authoritarianism, another change was necessary: the desecuritization of Western foreign policies and a genuine Western commitment to democratic change. Much like in Eastern Europe, in the Middle East too, the US and EU began seeing a congruence between their strategic interests and normative rhetoric and thus developed well-thought out policies to spur (or at least not hinder) a democratic transformation of the region.

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Rethinking Euro-Med policies in the light of the Arab Spring

Nathalie Tocci and Jean-Pierre Cassarino 25 March 2011

The uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East have swept away decade-old dictators, but not their regimes. It will take far more than protests to ensure that they are throughly replaced. Here's how the EU can contribute to this process.

The sea change in Turkey's middle eastern policy

Nathalie Tocci and Joshua Walker 16 March 2010

Turkey's foreign policy realignment is nowhere more pronounced than in the middle east. Previously absent, Turkey is now taking a leading role as a mediator and diplomatic force in the region.

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A u-turn in Turkish politics? Gezi Park in perspective

Europe's Middle East policies: a southern European twist

Israel Palestine and the end of the two-state road

Partners in need: Turkey, the European Union and the United States face the Arab Spring

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Rethinking Euro-Med policies in the light of the Arab Spring

The sea change in Turkey's middle eastern policy

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