Gaza reconstruction: The new Israeli strategy
Blockade to ease, with severe oversight of rebuilding materials by Israel in what is basically an upgrade of Strip’s prison status
Middle East and North Africa
Rebooting EU Foreign Policy
The EU is ill-equipped to respond to foreign policy crises
Why fighting the “war on terror” in Libya is a mistake
A critique of Libya's “war on terror” and its inevitable complications.
Iraq’s response to the challenge of the Islamic State
Following the Islamic State’s dramatic advances in Iraq the country’s future now hangs in the balance with the prospect of protracted sectarian conflict and break-up looming large
The Islamic State’s regional strategy
How worried should neighbouring states be about the Islamic State’s expansionist rhetoric?
Turkey: under pressure to take a definitive stance
Turkey stands apart from regional players by refusing to commit to combat missions against the Islamic State
The Islamic State in the Jewish state’s wing mirror
The biggest danger for Israel, as it is for some of its neighbours, is that the “Islamic State metastasising threat narrative” could become a self-fulfilling prophecy
Divided Kurds fight the Islamic State
The Islamic State is deepening Kurdish reliance on external powers and is also having a significant impact on intra-Kurdish rivalries, strengthening the hand of the PKK
A Saudi view on the Islamic State
Saudi Arabia is adamant that it has the unique knowledge, expertise, and legitimacy to effectively lead the effort to defeat the Islamic State
Qatar’s risky balancing act
Qatar has been plagued by accusations that of all the forces backing Syrian insurgents it is the most responsible for funding finding its way to the Islamic State