Bosnia-Herzegovina’s EU Candidacy: Symbolic or Substantive?
For most ordinary Bosnians and Herzegovinians, the announcement, much as its apparent execution, has been a genuine surprise—and not an altogether pleasant one either.
Commentary
Iran’s elections: a bid to dilute hardliners
What has emerged in the run-up to the elections is an alignment between the reformists, centrists and some moderate conservatives to push back against a major victory by hardliners who were empowered under former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Turkey’s slippery slope to Syria
Faced with the prospect of a Kurdish “statelet” emerging on its border, the chances of Turkey charting its own course in Syria are on the increase
Closer to inferno: the dangers of Lebanon’s political impasse
Unless domestic factions can make necessary trade-offs to overcome this impasse, Lebanon’s resilience will be tested more than ever
Britain is part of Europe – like it or not
Its fate is inextricably bound up with that of the rest of the continent and its nation states, just as it has always been – we are condemned to sink or swim together
Disillusion at the UN: From Srebrenica to Aleppo
Confidence in the UN could fall to an all time low if Moscow continues to manipulate the Syria peace process to its military advantage
Donald Trump’s Bad Deal for Europe
Why a presidential victory for Donald Trump might leave Europe having to fend for itself
Why resettlement is the most realistic response to the refugee crisis
Creating safe routes is the best way to enforce borders: a wall without a door is unlikely to stand
Why more protests won’t bring about a Russian colour revolution
Why the Russian government remains resilient in the face of popular protest
What Turkey thinks of Europe
How to re-energise Turkey-EU relations in an era of global risk and uncertainty