ROLE OF THE EU IN ENSURING REGIONAL SECURITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST: CASE STUDY ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

Abstract

This thesis examines the EU’s role in ensuring regional security in the Middle East, focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a case study. The author critically analyzed the effectiveness and significance of the EU’s security strategies in the Middle East region. Research was structured according to four main security challenges in the region: regional conflicts, terrorist attacks, migration crises and nuclear weapons proliferation. These points are long time on the global agenda and the EU is also concerned about them. A special attention was given to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and involvement of the EU. Due to the lack of the national researcher who study this specific topic, the thesis is a unique work dedicated to the security cooperation of the EU with Middle East region.