“Inaction is sometimes more costly than action.”
Since the Arab Spring the situation of the Muslim world is experiencing a bloody evolution. The Syrian desert has become a battlefield between Sunnites and Shiites, the proponents of moderate Islam and fundamentalists.
Instability in the region has led to the deaths of nearly 250,000 people and to the displacement of nearly 4 million refugees.How can the internationalization of an initially local conflict be explained? Does the European Union, which is directly concerned by the terrorist threat from this region, have a role to play in the political process? If so, in what way?
Interview and response elements with Jean-Pierre Filiu, professor at Sciences Po (Paris), also teacher at the universities of Columbia (New York) and Georgetown (Washington). He recently published “The Arab Revolution, ten lessons on the democratic uprising” by Fayard.
Read the full article on the Robert Schuman Fundation website
Related Articles
Global Views on Immigration and the Refugee Crisis
09/15/2017. Three in four (75%) in 25 countries around the world believe that immigration has increased in their country over the last five years, according to new data from the Ipsos Global @dvisor survey.
Safe havens: why cities are crucial to the global refugee crisis
06/06/2017. The world is facing unprecedented levels of population displacement. At least 65 million people are on the move, including 21.3 million refugees and 31 million internally displaced persons since the beginning of 2016.
Why We Need a Global Business Council for Refugees
06/28/2017. As the largest wave of human displacement since World War II continues to unfold, an all-hands-on-deck response is required and must be scaled up.
