Change in the Middle East and North Africa, 17-19 November 2011 : a note by the Director

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2011-12

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Ditchley Foundation, Oxfordshire, GB

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The aim of this conference (2011) was to take stock of what happened in the Middle East and North Africa (“Arab Spring” events), to look forward to what might happen next, and to reach conclusions and recommendations about what outsiders could best do to help. Syria was seen as presenting the greatest risk of large-scale violence, inevitably spilling over to its neighbours in one way or another, particularly Lebanon. The report infers that both Yemen and Syria could become major humanitarian crises.

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MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA, DEMOCRACY, ISRAEL, RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT, ARAB COUNTRIES, NATIONAL SECURITY, TUNISIA, EGYPT, LIBYA, YEMEN, SYRIA, WEST BANK AND GAZA, HUMAN SECURITY, ARAB SPRING, FOREIGN POLICY

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