European countries need to prepare themselves at the UN Security Council for the United States to return to sanctions, regardless of any compromise approach to arms embargoes
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Europe need to start to shape a constructive agenda: away from a counterproductive campaign aimed at bringing the regime to its knees and towards one that recognises that a political transition is not in sight
Omanis could be tempted to join camp more decisively and more convincingly in exchange for tangible economic and financial benefits
We have a very messy deal on life support. Instex is a Band-Aid to prevent the deal from falling apart. Everyone is waiting to see if there is any change after November
Haftar’s dream is over now. France should have known better than any other country that he was not the contender to bet on
What matters for the Turkish security establishment is anticipating the risk of Turkey’s marginalization in the energy competition in the eastern Mediterranean
The duo’s plan goes from the Levant to the Horn of Africa and passing through Libya
Through this threat, Al-Sisi makes Turkey understand that it is better for it to have a peaceful relationship with Egypt than a hostile one
The two more hardline Iranian power blocs – the conservative ‘Principlists’ and Islamic Revolutionary Guard-linked ‘securocrats’ – will continue their recent ascendancy and press for a confrontational and ‘maximum resistance’ response
The Syrians are not the only mercenaries in Libya. But their preexisting rivalries have introduced a “bizarre” dynamic into Libya’s already volatile conflict