Misunderstanding migration in North and West Africa
A shocking report on the apparent slave trade in migrants trapped in Libya has focused European attention on combatting smugglers. But ‘cracking down’ on migrant networks is not the answer
Commentary
Europe’s crisis starts at home
The biggest threat to the European project is not the “illiberal” saboteurs on the periphery of the EU, but the deep divide within member states, including bastions of liberalism such as France and Germany
Egypt’s counterterrorism strategy: The missing element
Egypt’s government is not currently a constructive partner for the West in fighting violent extremism
Debacle in the Donbas
The Donbas is seeing a coup within a coup, as two of the leading separatists turn on each other
Spain’s Kosovo-Catalonia conundrum
Madrid is inadvertently equating Catalonia and Kosovo and, by doing so, revealing itself to be unable to distinguish between legitimate aspirations for self-rule and destabilizing separatism
The Zarrab affair
The saga of an Iranian gold trader has driven a wedge between Turkey and its allies
Saudi Arabia: Bold moves or brinksmanship?
Mohammad bin Salman is engaged in a risky bid to remake Saudi Arabia at the same time as rebalancing power regionally
Poland: What went wrong?
Condemnation and a few more EU aid payments will not fix Poland’s resurgent xenophobia
Easing the EU’s Eastern Partnership fatigue
The EU is right to demand reforms from its Eastern Partners – but its own expectations need to adjust to the region’s realities
Not only a pawn in their game
The war in Yemen has its own domestic logic, independent of the Saudi-Iranian ‘cold war’