The eastern Mediterranean is becoming ever more perilous as geopolitical fault lines steadily enmesh the region. These rifts emerge from the Cyprus ‘frozen conflict’, competition for valuable gas fields, and the increasingly entangled wars in Libya and Syria.
The Egyptian regime has become somewhat more open to discussing matters such as human rights than Western capitals sometimes assume
The convergence of geopolitical rivalries in the eastern Mediterranean has enhanced Greece’s standing. But it could also expose it to feuds that outpace its diplomatic and security capacity.
How can the EU prevent the Turkey-UAE rivalry from destabilising European security and foreign policy?
While it has made some progress in its recent diplomacy on the eastern Mediterranean, the EU needs a holistic approach to resolving economic and security disputes in the region
In the eastern Mediterranean, a scramble is under way between countries in the region for access to recently discovered gas fields, often overlapping with wider…
A conflict could be brewing in the eastern Mediterranean. Here’s how to stop it.
A conversation with Ibrahim Kalin to discuss Turkey’s assertive policy, prospects of dialogue, and implications for Turkish-European relations
Experts from ECFR’s national offices address the tensions in the eastern Mediterranean over gas reserves
The EU should look to its own history as it aims to secure its own interests and resolve tensions in the eastern Mediterranean
The eastern Mediterranean is becoming ever more perilous as geopolitical fault lines steadily enmesh the region. These rifts emerge from the Cyprus ‘frozen conflict’, competition for valuable gas fields, and the increasingly entangled wars in Libya and Syria.
The Egyptian regime has become somewhat more open to discussing matters such as human rights than Western capitals sometimes assume
The convergence of geopolitical rivalries in the eastern Mediterranean has enhanced Greece’s standing. But it could also expose it to feuds that outpace its diplomatic and security capacity.
While it has made some progress in its recent diplomacy on the eastern Mediterranean, the EU needs a holistic approach to resolving economic and security disputes in the region
A conflict could be brewing in the eastern Mediterranean. Here’s how to stop it.
Experts from ECFR’s national offices address the tensions in the eastern Mediterranean over gas reserves
The EU should look to its own history as it aims to secure its own interests and resolve tensions in the eastern Mediterranean
The eastern Mediterranean is becoming ever more perilous as geopolitical fault lines steadily enmesh the region. These rifts emerge from the Cyprus ‘frozen conflict’, competition for valuable gas fields, and the increasingly entangled wars in Libya and Syria.
How can the EU prevent the Turkey-UAE rivalry from destabilising European security and foreign policy?
In the eastern Mediterranean, a scramble is under way between countries in the region for access to recently discovered gas fields, often overlapping with wider…
A conversation with Ibrahim Kalin to discuss Turkey’s assertive policy, prospects of dialogue, and implications for Turkish-European relations
Since the ‘90s Qatar has managed to be a place where different entities could coexist, then offering itself as useful mediator with the international community, and especially with the US
Qatar has this mediating role because it hosts Hamas’ political leadership, which after its expulsion from Turkey has nowhere to go, unless it wants to go back to Gaza or move to Iran
I think that this time Iraqis and non-Iraqis alike would like to see a more serious agenda coming out of the meeting
Hamzeh Hadad comments on the meeting in Jordan between France and Middle East representatives
The real issue is EU gas dependency. This crisis forces European countries to implement internal solidarity mechanisms and establish a joint energy strategy.
Arturo Varvelli analyses the repercussions of the Ukraine crisis on European countries in the domain of energy, and suggests reconsidering the option of a gas pipeline from the Eastern Mediterranean as a viable solution
