No. 18: The Rise of Islamists in the Near East

The EU, the US, and Hamas

Author(s): Daniel# Möckli
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 18
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2007

The resurgence of Islamists in the Levant is changing the regional balance of power and confronts the West with new challenges. The EU and the US will hardly be able to curtail the polarization and radicalization of the Palestinian population with their strategy of joining with Israel and moderate Arab regimes to isolate the democratically elected Hamas. Europe is faced with the difficulty of formulating a sustainable Middle East policy that will not cause new transatlantic frictions.

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