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How will the ongoing conflict in Syria affect its bilateral relations with both the EU and Turkey? Will the ongoing conflict in Syria bring Turkey closer to the EU or eventually push them further apart? [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=110706102902-47bb051b7daa405b8838bda9b61cdff7 docname=islam_politics_of_dilemma username=FutureChallenges loadinginfotext=Politics%20of%20Dilemma%3A%20Turkish%20and%20EU%20Approaches%20toward%20Syria showhtmllink=true tag=eu width=420 height=272 unit=px]

For many in the West, particularly Americans, remittances play a relatively inconsequential role in their daily routine.  This is somewhat unsurprising given the fact that in the overall context of developed “host” countries’ economies, remittances generally make up a rather small portion. For instance, the United States was the leading […]

    It is no joke when we say in El Salvador that our main export product is human beings: from the total population of 8.5 million, it is estimated that 3 million live abroad, most of them in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe. Having been a migrant […]

The Arab Spring must not be allowed to run out of steam. The sheer staying power of the old regimes and important social issues are threatening to slow down or even to stifle the revolutions, rebellions and nascent reforms. It is time that Europe flexed its political muscles read more

Emphasizing the need for the EU to assume a more visible and active stance in support of democratization, the North African authors call upon the EU to demonstrate greater moral support and resolve in the pursuit of goals rather than increased funding. Read More (Arabic) read more

Here you can find some information from an Israelian point of view, published on Haaretz.com read more