http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-debate_97/europe_arab_4637.jsp Comments for "Europe and the Arab world: divided souls, Pierre Schori " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-debate_97/europe_arab_4637.jsp <p>Can we Europeans continue to use the language of democracy promotion in the Arab world and, at the same time, pursue policies that negate in practice that which we advocate in theory? At a meeting of the <a href="http://www.arab-reform.net/" target="_blank">Arab Reform Initiative</a> (ARI) in Amman on <a href="http://www.arab-reform.net/spip.php?article674" target="_blank">18-19 April 2007</a>, Prince Turki al-Faisal outlined the new, <a href="/conflict-iraq/iraq_saudi_4553.jsp">proactive</a> Saudi foreign policy: &quot;Reform is imperative, not optional for the Arabs.&quot; The prince backed the ARI programme but rejected &quot;external offerings... which present us with preconceived diagnoses and prescription...and perspectives that are very far from the regional reality.&quot;</p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-debate_97/europe_arab_4637.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-debate_97/europe_arab_4637.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-debate_97/europe_arab_4637.jsp#comment Creative Commons normal globalisation institutions &amp; government Pierre Schori Wed, 30 May 2007 12:12:49 +0100 admin 19623 at http://www.opendemocracy.net