The EU: Asian Conflicts and Middle East

  • Munir Hussain
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Abstract

This chapter focuses on the initiatives of EU for conflict resolution, conflict prevention, conflict management and confidence building in the Asian conflicts and crises in the Middle East. The European practice for peace is full of new experiences in the Asia and Middle East. Remarkably, the important issue of international consideration concerned with Middle East is Palestine–Israel dispute that has been aflame over 60 years. On the other hand, the physical involvement of USA in Iraq was a hard decision for EU policymakers. The second part of this chapter examines the Asian issues, such as the US-Iran tension on the nuclear programme and the stress of EU on this issue. Finally, the Indo-Pak rivalry and the EU’s standpoint on the resolution.

Keywords

Arab-Israel dispute Iraq War US-Iran tension Indo-Pak rivalry 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Munir Hussain
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  1. 1.Director, Quality Enhancement CellMohammad Ali Jinnah UniversityKarachiPakistan

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