Author (Person) | Tocci, Nathalie |
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Publisher | Centre for European Policy Studies [CEPS], MEDPRO |
Series Title | MEDPRO Policy Paper |
Series Details | No. 1, August 2011 |
Publication Date | August 2011 |
Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
Abstract: This research project is the product of a conviction, corroborated by the events that have overwhelmed the Arab world since December 2010, that sustainability is essential to any understanding of Mediterranean politics. Sustainability has too often been confused with stability in policy debates in the region and in the West. Not only are these two concepts distinct, with sustainability being broader and deeper than stability, but stability, as interpreted with regard to the regimes in the region, has often run counter to the very conditions that underpin state sustainability. Believing and thus pursuing regime stability has ultimately acted to the detriment of a more organic understanding of state sustainability. |
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Source Link | Link to Main Source http://aei.pitt.edu/58348/ |
Countries / Regions | Europe, Northern Africa |