Previewing Israel’s elections – what to look out for and what it might mean
Listen on Mixcloud With the Israeli elections coming up, Rosemary Hollis, Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at…
Middle East and North Africa
Will Netanyahu’s speech derail nuclear talks with Iran?
Netanyahu's speech to Congress may cause its members to impose new sanctions if no nuclear deal is reached by March 24
Shifting Goalposts to Kill Diplomacy with Iran
When it comes to Iran, diplomacy is the difficult and less travelled path
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.
Europe’s options on Libya: no easy way out
Pursuing the end of the civil war through a negotiated solution should still be the number one priority for Americans and Europeans alike
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…
Crisis in Yemen: Hadi’s great escape
Yemen’s former president has escaped house arrest and wants to take power back – but can he stem the worsening crisis in the country?
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Feb
Middle East and North Africa
Europa ante el Estado Islámico: evento ECFR-El País
¿Cuáles son las implicaciones regionales del auge del ISIS en Oriente Medio y más allá y cuáles son los escenarios posibles?
19
Feb
Middle East and North Africa
Black Coffee Morning: Kurzschluss im Zweistromland? Die Kurdenfrage als regionale Herausforderung
Breakfast discussion on the Kurdish question amid the ongoing crisis in the Middle-East
Will the West and Egypt intervene in Libya’s civil war?
If UN intervention is not tied to a consensus ending Libya’s civil war, it could create new allies for ISIS