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A Region of Crises: North Africa under the Influence of Arab, African and European Integration Processes

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Regions and Crises

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The countries of North Africa are members of the Arab League and have participated in efforts at strengthening Arab cooperation. At the same time they are, save Morocco, members of the African Union (AU) and they have also been under the influence of the European Union (EU), especially Morocco and Tunisia, but increasingly also Egypt (see Chapter 7 in this volume). Although the so-called Arab Spring was predominantly the result of internal developments, it can be argued that these overlapping processes of regionalization have exerted an impact on the current political and social crises.

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Zank, W. (2012). A Region of Crises: North Africa under the Influence of Arab, African and European Integration Processes. In: Fioramonti, L. (eds) Regions and Crises. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137028327_6

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