Steve McGiffen to Publish Paper on European Foreign Relations

Professor Steve McGiffen's paper, "European Neighbourhood Policy: Path to Democracy or Road to Co-option? Dynamic versus Passive Revolution in the Arab Spring" will be published early in 2014 as part of a book, Renegotiating the Social Contract in Africa, to be published in South Africa by the Africa Institute of South Africa.

On 18th-19th January 2014, Professor Steve McGiffen will attend a conference of progressive European political parties in Amersfoort, Netherlands. The conference is hosted by the Socialist Party of the Netherlands (SP), for whom Professor McGiffen works as translator and occasional advisor on European Union affairs. Subjects on the agenda will include the ongoing Euro crisis, the process of European integration and May's election for the European Parliament. On February 22nd, Professor McGiffen will be a guest at the Socialist Party's pre-election convention.