EU differentiation and the push for peace in Israel-Palestine
Renewed focus on differentiation one of few hopes for saving the two state solution
Middle East and North Africa
EU Differentiation FAQ
What is differentiation and why does it matter?
The battle for Mosul: So far so good
The military plan A is working well, for now. But if it encounters problems, the myriad of actors involved could start to pull in different directions, to the detriment of Mosul’s future
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The battle for Mosul
ECFR's Director, Mark Leonard, speaks with Middle East experts, Hayder al-Khoei and Ellie Geranmayeh, who have just returned from Iraq, about the battle for Mosul…
19 Oct
« La décentralisation est-elle la solution du conflit syrien ? »
Table ronde avec Jihad Yazigi, Bassma Kodmani et Manuel Lafont Rapnouil sur le conflit en Syrie
Time to grapple with Yemen’s new reality
Even if international actors are able to avoid responsibility for Yemen’s plight, they will not be able to avoid the spillover from its collapse
Aleppo is paying for Russia’s imagined global threat
Russia's brutality in Aleppo reflects Moscow’s perspective on warfighting, its military capabilities, and its sense of threat.
6 Oct
Turkey revisited: a European foreign policy of migration
In a public debate, Almut Möller discussed with Gerald Knaus and Roderick Parks, European border management and migration
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Donald Trump, NATO, Russia and Iran
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard first speaks with David Sanger, journalist from the New York Times, about what Donald Trump would mean for the future of…
Is the sky falling on Libya?
The ink is barely dry on a new joint statement on Libya. But already the roadmap is under threat from developments on the ground.