EU Global Strategy Expert Opinion No.11 – Yezid Sayigh
‘...the EU must develop a new paradigm capable of changing the conditions and cost-benefit calculations of millions of refugees wherever they are...’
‘...the EU must develop a new paradigm capable of changing the conditions and cost-benefit calculations of millions of refugees wherever they are...’
Florence Gaub was quoted in the article 'Tareena Shakil guilty: Woman who took toddler son to Syria to join ISIS convicted'.
The Times of India
One common assumption has been that refugees are leaving camps in Jordan and Lebanon due to difficult conditions and moving on through Turkey into the EU. But because of the northward shift of the Syrian conflict, the reality is somewhat different.
With the suspicion that two newly-registered refugees carried out the November Paris attacks, this Alert explores – and debunks – fears that refugee flows from the Middle East have become a backchannel for terrorists entering Europe.
‘...Europe needs confidence in itself. Foreign policy cannot be the product of a technocratic process; it must be the expression of a human community.’
‘...the EU may be stuck in – or even be addicted to – a culture of ‘crisis management’. By constantly reacting to problems, the EU is unable to develop any real capacity for strategic thinking.’
‘Above all, the strategy review should avoid the temptation to engage with an ever-widening scope of EU foreign policy...’
‘...in the absence of an independent Palestinian state, the destabilisation of the Arab World will continue, as will the growth of terrorism inspired by Islamic extremists.’
Florence Gaub was a guest on the radio show 'Libye : espoir d'un nouvel accord ?'.
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‘...the most prominent threat to European integration comes from a reassertion of nationalism, xenophobia and a rise in violent extremism.’