Middle East and North Africa

Sheikh It Up

The UAE's airstrikes in Libya represent a new and dangerous phase in its struggle with Qatar

Egypt’s busy summer

Egypt is reasserting itself in foreign policy, but it faces economic and societal challenges at home. 

Libyan state disintegration

ECFR is launching a new “Conflict in Libya” page that gathers all the analysis and the policy recommendations prepared by our experts

ECFR on Iraq: warnings from the past

It is worth asking if European governments could have been better prepared for the Iraqi horror show