The EU is still in the process of finding its role in promoting democracy in the Arab World. Experts say the EU can do more to support democratic change in the region but warn that Europe needs to tread carefully.

European countries have their own experience of transitioning from dictatorship to democracy, both in the aftermath of World War II and more recently following the collapse of the Soviet Bloc in 1989.

As the revolutionary spirit of the Arab Spring has spread across borders, paving the way for major political change, Europe is in a unique position to offer support to the new administrations in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and elsewhere...