European Union Institute for Security Studies

Alvaro De Vasconcelos of the European Union Institute for Security Studies said the recent revolution in Tunisia has shown to the world that economic development alone cannot bring stability in countries like Afghanistan.

Experts: Mideast Turmoil Underscores Need for Afghan Political Reform 2011

Alvaro De Vasconcelos of the European Union Institute for Security Studies said the recent revolution in Tunisia has shown to the world that economic development alone cannot bring stability in countries like Afghanistan.

Experts: Mideast Turmoil Underscores Need for Afghan Political Reform 2011

"The strategic argument was a good one: Europeans should not depend on America for such a system," says Daniel Keohane, an analyst at the Paris-based European Union Institute for Security Studies.

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Álvaro de Vasconcelos, director of the European Union Institute for Security Studies in Paris, said the war was "badly perceived in Europe, contaminated by the Iraq war, the killing of civilians, the collateral damage, all of which has contributed to a widespread opposition to the Afghan war among Europeans."

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