America can force countries to jump, but Europeans are better at inducing them to do it voluntarily. That is the European view. Their approach has worked brilliantly with the new and prospective members of the European Union, and had mixed results in the trickier parts of the Balkans. But, since September 2001, the Union's efforts to "spread stability" have faced an even harder challenge—how to influence the Muslim countries of North Africa and the Middle East, which have no prospect of ever joining the club.
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