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EU Aid Policy in the Middle East and North Africa: Politicization and Its Limits

The securitization of EU aid in the Middle East and North Africa has engendered fierce debates about the way that European funds are used in the region, which has led the EU to strike a number of uneasy balances.

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By Richard Youngs
Published on Jan 29, 2021

Journal of Common Market Studies

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Richard Youngs

Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program

Richard Youngs is a senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, based at Carnegie Europe. He works on EU foreign policy and on issues of international democracy.

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