Encouraging regional ownership of the fight against the Islamic State
The West needs to push regional actors to assume their responsibilities in confronting the threat posed by IS
Archive: Jan 2015
The Islamic State through regional lens
This series examines the reaction of key Middle Eastern actors, as well as looking at European policy options, the dynamics driving IS itself, and the impact within Syria and Iraq respectively.
After the Paris Massacre: Behind the violence
What’s missing from the debate across Europe is any real analysis of the root causes driving outbursts of violence like we’ve seen in Paris
After the Paris Massacre: It’s politics, not religion
We must not make the mistake of building trenches and hate when what we need are bridges and effective policies
What can go wrong for Europe in 2015?
Two all-too-plausible scenarios could turn 2015 into an annus horribilis for the Union
Armenia and the Eurasian Economic Union: The view from Yerevan
With the EEU presenting more obstacles than opportunities, Armenia’s best hope is a prudent exit strategy
After the election victory, a change of image for Japan and Shinzo Abe?
Prime Minister Abe’s image, whether deserved or not, is a problem to him, and to Japan
After the Paris Massacre: fighting back with restraint
‘Fighting back’ may actually require the exercise of self-restraint – and a disciplined demonstration of tolerance and openness
After the Paris Massacre: the trouble within Islam
To describe the victims at Charlie Hebdo as provocateurs or as anti-Islam, or to argue that perhaps French society have brought on this plague, misses the point entirely
Belarus and the Eurasian Economic Union: The view from Minsk
Belarus's involvement in integration processes with Russia has one condition: that Russia pays. And the EEU is no exception.