12 Dec
In search of legitimacy: the Palestinian national movement 20 years after Oslo
Which areas need to be addressed if the Palestinian leadership wants to overcome the present challenges it faces?
Middle East and North Africa
10 Dec
Primer Egypt Working Group
ECFR Madrid celebró en Casa Árabe la primera reunión del Egypt Working Group, un grupo multidisciplinar de expertos, diplomáticos europeos y responsables gubernamentales dirigido a seguir de cerca el complejo proceso de transición en Egipto
Judging the Arab Spring
How to assess whether a post-revolutionary country is actually heading somewhere positive? Tunisia struggles onward, Libya pursues its own unique post-revolutionary path but Egypt’s democratic regression is truly worrying
MEPP from the US, Israelis & Palestinians
In the second of two podcasts we hear how the Middle East peace process is currently seen by the Israelis, the Palestinians, and the…
Daniel Levy on the Middle East peace process
Daniel Levy of ECFR's MENA programme introduces the current state of the Middle East peace process, in the first of two related podcasts
6 Dec
Taking stock of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
The discussion will explore how far John Kerry’s momentum can carry the process forward, what role Europe can play, what might be the impact of the breakthrough in P5+1 talks with Iran, and how the current negotiations are being viewed among the Israeli and Palestinian publics and polities.
Nawaf Obaid on Saudi Arabia
Nawaf Obaid outlines the foreign policy interests and priorities of one of the Middle East's most important states, Saudi Arabia
29 Nov
Radicalisation and the future of the Syrian opposition’s armed struggle
Rania Abouzeid, who has spent considerable time in Syria among the armed opposition, will consider the prominence, role and ideology of extremist fighters and the regional ramifications.
Why Europe needs a new global strategy
Towards a new EU foreign policy
25 Nov
A new assertive Saudi Arabia?
Recent months have seen a public falling-out between Riyadh and the US over the ongoing civil war in Syria, the Iranian nuclear file and the transition in Egypt.To what extent can regional and European alliances play a more central role in Saudi strategy?