Can free trade help convert the 'Arab Spring' into permanent peace and democracy?

Thorvaldur Gylfason, Inmaculada Mart�nez-Zarzoso and Per Magnus Wijkman
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Defence and Peace Economics, 2015, vol. 26, issue 3, 247-270

Abstract: Using a panel gravity model of trade for the period 1995-2010, this paper estimates the potential for increased intra-regional trade among 10 countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean coast. It examines how closer integration through the EU's revised neighborhood policy can encourage democratisation and conflict resolution. The main results indicate that while the gains realized to date from regional integration have been small, significant potential gains from deep integration exist. The paper proposes that the EU starts by negotiating deep and comprehensive free trade agreements with Egypt, Israel and Jordan provided these countries also negotiate them with each other.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2014.886433

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