Some traditions have survived the revolution of 11 February in Egypt. Again, this is indeed an Egyptian foreign minister in office who was designated Sunday, May 15, at the head of the Arab League. Nabil Al-Arabi, born in 1935, replaces the position of Secretary General Amr Moussa of the organization which had already preceded him for ten years at the helm of the Egyptian diplomacy.
Amr Moussa had himself succeeded in 2001, another former Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed AsmatAbdel Mégib, past the headquarters of diplomacy to that of the League, both located on the same bank of the Nile in Cairo. Now free of any commitment, Moussa may arise in the next presidential election in Egypt.
Unlike its predecessors, the new "Voice of the Arabs", to use the name of the radio popular in the heyday of Nasser, does not keep his appointment of a rais Egyptian omnipotent. This feature could open to Nabil Al-Arabi of leeway within an organization that the phasing of the deposed president in February, Hosni Mubarak, had contributed to weaken.
What will the policy pursued by Mr Al-Arabi? It will depend largely on the capacity of systems of member states to seal the necessary compromises. Already difficult time in a regular Areopagus crippled cleavages, this exercise will be made more difficult by the "Arab spring" under way. This club of twenty-two members which included hitherto almost uniformly authoritarian regimes may indeed live to see dictatorships in classic (if they succeed here and there to extinguish the protests), absolute monarchies, parliamentary, and systems more democratic if the Tunisian and Egyptian revolts are bearing fruit.
As always, the consensus of circumstance can be found on the Palestinian cause. As such, the short transition from Mr. Al-Arabi, a specialist in international law, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt is not without education. It was he who announced on April 29, for the Egyptian authorities reopen Rafah crossing point between his country and the Gaza Strip.
This window on the outside had closed most of the time after the Hamas takeover in June 2007, to the dismay of the Egyptian public. This reflects the commitment of the new Egyptian government to have its own policy vis-à-vis the Palestinians, Israeli considerations more independent than before.
The agreement subsequently concluded between the two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, is an entirely different picture. On this point at least, is total continuity between the new Secretary General and his predecessor, but little appreciated in Israel. Gilles Paris 
Amr Moussa had himself succeeded in 2001, another former Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed AsmatAbdel Mégib, past the headquarters of diplomacy to that of the League, both located on the same bank of the Nile in Cairo. Now free of any commitment, Moussa may arise in the next presidential election in Egypt.
Unlike its predecessors, the new "Voice of the Arabs", to use the name of the radio popular in the heyday of Nasser, does not keep his appointment of a rais Egyptian omnipotent. This feature could open to Nabil Al-Arabi of leeway within an organization that the phasing of the deposed president in February, Hosni Mubarak, had contributed to weaken.
What will the policy pursued by Mr Al-Arabi? It will depend largely on the capacity of systems of member states to seal the necessary compromises. Already difficult time in a regular Areopagus crippled cleavages, this exercise will be made more difficult by the "Arab spring" under way. This club of twenty-two members which included hitherto almost uniformly authoritarian regimes may indeed live to see dictatorships in classic (if they succeed here and there to extinguish the protests), absolute monarchies, parliamentary, and systems more democratic if the Tunisian and Egyptian revolts are bearing fruit.
As always, the consensus of circumstance can be found on the Palestinian cause. As such, the short transition from Mr. Al-Arabi, a specialist in international law, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt is not without education. It was he who announced on April 29, for the Egyptian authorities reopen Rafah crossing point between his country and the Gaza Strip.
This window on the outside had closed most of the time after the Hamas takeover in June 2007, to the dismay of the Egyptian public. This reflects the commitment of the new Egyptian government to have its own policy vis-à-vis the Palestinians, Israeli considerations more independent than before.
The agreement subsequently concluded between the two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, is an entirely different picture. On this point at least, is total continuity between the new Secretary General and his predecessor, but little appreciated in Israel. Gilles Paris
No comments:
Post a Comment