Keywords
United States
European Union
democracy
How to Cite
Abstract
MENA is a very important region in US and EU foreign policy. Since the beginning of the 1990s, one of the crucial aspects of political involvement has been promoting democracy in the MENA region. This article presents and compares US and EU programs supporting the efforts to expand democracy in MENA countries. The main US initiatives are the following: United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Human Rights and Democracy Fund, Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), The Greater Middle East Initiative as well as Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENAI). The EU’s programmes are: European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights, Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and European Neighbour Policy. Both actors use similar methods but they have different approaches to achieve the goals of these initiatives.
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