Netanyahu treads softly in America, but is incoherent on Iran
Netanyahu may come out of the US-Israel political brouhaha relatively unscathed, but his incoherence on the Iran issue itself is far more worrying and damaging.
Israel / Palestine
Gaza Six Months On – An Unsustainable Quiet
Listen on Mixcloud Sami Abdel Shafi, Representative of the Carter Center in Gaza, Tony Laurance, Chief Executive of Medical…
On recognising Palestine: speech excerpts from Daniel Levy
There is a case to be made for Europe not recognising the Palestinian state, but is it a worthwhile one?
Five Reasons to Recognise a Palestinian State
It is crucial that the European Parliament supports recognition of the State of Palestine at Thursday's vote for five key reasons
Israel’s time is running out
As more and more European countries decide to recognise the Palestinian State, Israel faces the threat of losing international legitimacy.
Rebooting EU foreign policy
Nick Witney, the co-author of the ECFR's publication, “Rebooting EU Foreign Policy”, and Spiros Economides of the LSE, both explain why the European Union sorely needs to face reality and fundamentally rethink how it deals with the rest of the world
Rebooting EU foreign policy part 2 – Spiros Economides
In the second of two podcasts, Spiros Economides of the London School of Economics argues that the EU needs to think strategically about how…
Rebooting EU foreign policy part 1 – Nick Witney
Nick Witney, co-author of the ECFR publication 'Rebooting EU foreign policy', explains the need for a rethink of how the EU deals with the…
Why Israel looks set for an early general election
With no significant challengers, Israel's Likud prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu faces the prospect of being the longest-serving prime minister since Ben-Gurion
What drives US policy in the MENA – podcast series
Three views on US policy in the Middle East – from Jeremy Shapiro, Professor Juan Cole, and Ambassador Charles Freeman – based on three new ECFR podcasts