The Limits of Norm Promotion: The EU in Egypt and Israel/Palestine

Tsourapas, Gerasimos; Lazarou, Elena; Gianniou, Maria

Abstract

Policy implications aside, assessing the EU’s involvement in the Mediterranean region necessitates a reconsideration of the impact and limits of the so-called ‘normative power’ upon which its approach has been based, implicitly or explicitly. This paper does so by examining the EU’s engagement with Egypt and the Israel-Palestine conflict; it sets out to challenge the notion that EU-style normative power alone is well-suited to promote democracy and regional cooperation, particularly in regions with diverging dynamics where the promotion of EU-associated norms may stumble upon European trade- and diplomacy-related interests. In this sense, it aims to enrich and inform the debates on ‘normative power Europe’ and Euro-Mediterranean relations.

Citation

Tsourapas, G., Lazarou, E., & Gianniou, M. (2013). The Limits of Norm Promotion: The EU in Egypt and Israel/Palestine. Insight Turkey, 15(2), 171-193

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Sep 11, 2014
• Journal: Insight Turkey
• Print ISSN: 1302-177X
• Electronic ISSN: 2564-7717
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 171-193
• Publisher URL: http://www.insightturkey.com/the-limits-of-norm-promotion-the-eu-in-egypt-and-israelpalestine/articles/317
• Related Public URLs: http://file.insightturkey.com/Files/Pdf/15_2_2013_lazarou.pdf