Iran’s strategy against the Islamic State
Iran’s strategy for combatting the Islamic State has entailed a broad political and firm security response channelled through the governments in Damascus and Baghdad and local Shia groups
Middle East and North Africa
Europe and the Islamic State: Venturing down the wrong track
Slowly and circumspectly, after weeks of hesitation over how to react to the ‘Islamic State’ phenomenon, European governments are now setting off down the wrong path
Egypt’s Sisi gains leverage from the fight against the Islamic State
The rise of the Islamic State has helped the Sisi regime justify its security-orientated policies to both a domestic and international audience
The Cameron-Rouhani meeting: what comes next?
The historic meeting adds to the general mood of Western détente with Iran
US air strikes in Syria and the fight against the Islamic State
Both Assad and his rebel opponents hope to leverage the US fight against the Islamic State to help them win the civil war.
Sheikh It Up
The UAE's airstrikes in Libya represent a new and dangerous phase in its struggle with Qatar
Egypt’s busy summer
Egypt is reasserting itself in foreign policy, but it faces economic and societal challenges at home.
Libyan state disintegration
ECFR is launching a new “Conflict in Libya” page that gathers all the analysis and the policy recommendations prepared by our experts
Palestine and the International Criminal Court
After a long process, various options are still open for Palestine with respect to joining the ICC
ECFR on Iraq: warnings from the past
It is worth asking if European governments could have been better prepared for the Iraqi horror show