Libya elections 2018: the missing ingredient
Hurrying Libyans to an early vote could prove counter-productive unless European powers unify and take action on problems now
Middle East and North Africa
After the JCPOA, the world needs Germany. But where is it?
Germany could put some heft into defending the liberal international order. Yet it still declines to do so.
The Middle East’s new battle lines
An ECFR guide to the key disputes threatening to spark a wider Middle Eastern war
Jerusalem protests: violence in the vacuum
There is still the chance, just, to limit further instability and bloodshed in Israel-Palestine
14 May
After Trump’s Iran decision: what for Europe and Italy?
A closed door discussion on the future of EU-Iran relations
14 May
After Trump’s Iran decision: what for Europe and Italy?
A closed door discussion on the future of EU-Iran relations
Views from the capitals: Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran deal
We asked our national offices to outline how the E3, in cooperation with other EU partners, should respond to the JCPOA pull-out by the US
US nuclear deal withdrawal: What happens now?
Mark Leonard speaks with Iran expert Ellie Geranmayeh about what might happen after Donald Trump has decided to withdraw US support from the deal. The…
How to prevent regional escalation after Trump’s JCPOA decision
Europeans must act now to avert a deadly new war across the Middle East
The role of France in the Middle East
Is France alone in the desert? ECFR experts Julien Barnes-Dacey and Manuel Lafont Rapnouil discuss how France can lead Europe in the Middle East