T-TIP - Coop solves Mideast

T-TIP - Coop solves Mideast

European support is key to solve the case

I do not say this for the sake of finding something that the two halves of the now-vanished cold war "west" can do together; I say it because it is simply a fact that neither side of the Atlantic can do this on its own. Only the US can (just possibly, even with so many Israeli settlers the wrong side of the line) persuade Israel to embrace a two-state solution; only the Europeans can provide the aid, know-how, trade and investment to enable the building of a viable Palestinian state. Only the US has sufficient clout with the Egyptian military to prevent them strangling their country's new democracy at birth. That fledgling democracy cannot, however, grow without access to European markets, education and support across the Mediterranean. And so it goes on, in every case from Morocco to Pakistan – if we include Pakistan in a generous definition of the wider Middle East.

So Euro-Atlantic partnership is not an end in itself, it is the necessary means to a shared end. Our shared purpose must be to help the Arab spring become a lasting freedom summer for the whole of the Islamic world. This should be the third great project of transatlantic partnership since the second world war.

First, there was the reconstruction of western Europe after 1945, symbolised by the Marshall Plan, the founding of Nato, the Council of Europe and the institutions that would eventually develop into today's EU. Here, the US was by far the strongest partner.

Second, there was the integration of central and eastern Europe into what central Europeans such as Vaclav Havel christened the "Euro-Atlantic structures". Here, the US and Europe were equal partners. The key symbolic moments were the eastward enlargement of Nato in 1999 and of the EU in 2004.

In this third project, the potential power of the EU to effect peaceful change is somewhat greater than that of the remote and relatively weakened US. North Africa and the Middle East are, after all, Europe's near-abroad. In responding to movements of self-liberation, the economic, social, legal, administrative and cultural dimensions of power – in which Europe is rich – are more relevant than the hard military ones, in which the United States remains supreme. Europe's potential power, I stress: for Europe is doing a terrible job of translating potential into actual power.

Transatlantic partnership solves - European involvement is key

Nakhleh 10 – Former senior intelligence service officer and director of the Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program @ Central Intelligence Agency [Emile Nakhleh, U.S.–EU Partnership and the Muslim World: How Transatlantic Cooperation Will Enhance Engagement, Transatlantic Paper Series No. 2 October 2010
The paper argues that the challenge of empowering indigenous Muslim communities is global and therefore must be addressed through global partnerships. The focus at this stage is to expand U.S.–European cooperation and integrate a few thoughtfully selected Muslim countries in the process. Because of their experience and expertise, European NGOs and civil society institutions can potentially be strong partners with their American counterparts in engaging Muslim communities. The presence of politically and socially active Muslim minorities in European countries renders European involvement in the process both logical and necessary. At least three factors underpin the argument for a transatlantic partnership. First, Europe’s Muslim populations hail from different countries, regions, and cultures. Such cultural diversity should serve European Muslims and NGOs well in their contacts with Muslim communities around the world. Second, EU countries have a long-established civilian capacity across governments and civil society institutions, which helps legitimize their involvement in community projects in the eyes of their potential Muslim community partners. Third, European global NGOs do[es] not bear the brunt of negative perceptions that many Muslims have of U.S. foreign policy and military operations in Muslim lands. Involving Europe’s Muslims in global engagement would parallel the role of American Muslims, whose role in the process has continued to increase. The recent appointment of Rashad Hussain, an American Muslim attorney, as special envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) is but one example of American Muslims’ involvement in engaging Muslim communities abroad. Pg. 2

T-TIP - Coop solves Iran

Transatlantic cooperation stabilizes the Mideast – It prevents Iranian prolif

Hamilton & Burwell 10 – Research Professor of International Studies @ Johns Hopkins University & Vice President and Director of Transatlantic Relations and Studies @ Atlantic Council [Daniel S. Hamilton (Founding Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations. Director of the American Consortium on EU Studies) & Frances G. Burwell (Former executive director of the Center for International and Security Studies @ University of Maryland) “The Setting: The United States and Europe in a G20 World,” Shoulder to Shoulder: Forging a Strategic U.S.–EU Partnership, Edited By Daniel S. Hamilton, 2010]
Fourth, we must address conflicts more effectively. For too long, we viewed many conflicts as distant and irrelevant, but their consequences— regional instability, terrorism, migration, poverty, environmental degradation, proliferation, etc.—have reached our shores. Today, transatlantic security is defended at the Hindu Kush, not the Fulda Gap. Europeans and Americans are directly threatened by turmoil and terrorism in Afghanistan and the tribal areas of Pakistan. More effective transatlantic cooperation is essential militarily and in the civilian stabilization and reconstruction effort.9 Closer transatlantic cooperation is also essential if Iran is to be dissuaded from developing nuclear weapons. Should Iran succeed in developing nuclear weapons, a strong transatlantic partnership will be essential in constructing an extended deterrence regime in the Persian Gulf and Middle East. The Israeli- Palestinian conflict, along with continuing instability in Lebanon, has long been at the forefront of the transatlantic agenda. While solutions will depend first and foremost on the people of the region, U.S.-European cooperation is vital in outlining a new roadmap for peace, keeping the process on track, providing essential assistance and humanitarian support, and facilitating new forms of regional diplomacy. The United States and Europe will find their own security enhanced if they help Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and others in their efforts to reform and contain radical Islamists, and work to prevent Somalia nor Yemen from becoming staging areas for al-Qaeda.10 pg. 9

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