21 Apr
Paura del Califfo o paura di Teheran?
Dall’accordo con l’Iran alla Libia passando per lo Yemen. Nuovi e vecchi intrecci mediorientali
Syria
ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror
Syrian researcher Hassan Hassan and ECFR's Senior Policy Fellow Julien Barnes-Dacy discuss the challenges and threats posed by ISIS. …
19 Feb
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
Kurds demand unity amid battle against Islamic State
In the face of a common enemy in IS, public demand for Kurdish unity across borders is growing
Julien Barnes-Dacey on how to deal with ISIS
Julien Barnes-Dacey, ECFR senior policy fellow and expert on the Middle East, talks about the publication “The Islamic State through the Regional Lens” and…
Encouraging regional ownership of the fight against the Islamic State
The West needs to push regional actors to assume their responsibilities in confronting the threat posed by IS
12 Dec
Discussion with Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria
Mr de Mistura will lay out the thinking behind the Aleppo freeze initiative and consider the opportunities for and barriers to success.
Turkey’s negotiations with the Kurds
Hugh Pope analyses how negotiations between Turkey's government and the Kurds have been affected by the turmoil across the border in Syria and the…
Syria Refugee Conference confirms need for action
Countries bordering Syria, such as Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, welcomed the Berlin Conference on the refugee situation in Syria and supporting stability in the region on 28 October
Rebooting EU foreign policy
Nick Witney, the co-author of the ECFR's publication, “Rebooting EU Foreign Policy”, and Spiros Economides of the LSE, both explain why the European Union sorely needs to face reality and fundamentally rethink how it deals with the rest of the world