The displacement dilemma: Should Europe help Syrian refugees return home?
Introduction After eight years of fighting and destruction resulting in the largest humanitarian and refugee crisis of our time, the government of Bashar al-Assad…
Policy Brief
From myth to reality: How to understand Turkey’s role in the Western Balkans
Introduction To display the YouTube video provided by Google, click the button below. This means Google will receive technical data about your device or browser,…
Luck like the Irish: How emigration can be good for the Western Balkans
Introduction Few parts of Europe are more marked by emigration than the Western Balkans.[1] Yet despite many decades of its people leaving…
Pushing the boundaries: How to create more effective migration cooperation across the Mediterranean
Introduction As the European Union strives to stem the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean, its policymakers have repeatedly identified North Africa as key to…
Divided at the centre: Germany, Poland, and the troubles of the Trump era
Introduction For most Europeans, it is now obvious that the foreign policy of US President Donald Trump threatens the global liberal order. Trump’s hostility towards…
Under the gun: Rearmament for arms control in Europe
Introduction During the cold war, arms control and disarmament agreements helped create a stable equilibrium between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, reducing the…
Testing the water: How water scarcity could destabilise the Middle East and North Africa
Introduction The Middle East and North Africa is the most water-scarce region in the world. Nearly two-thirds of the population there are living in areas…
Gaza’s fragile calm: The search for lasting stability
Introduction War threatens to engulf Gaza’s fragile calm. In each of the three recent conflicts that have shaken the Gaza Strip, fighting between Palestinian factions…
When the weapons fall silent: Reconciliation in Sinjar after ISIS
Hundreds of thousands of displaced persons in Sinjar are attempting to rebuild their lives after the brutal reign of ISIS
Halting ambition: EU migration and security policy in the Sahel
Some European leaders see stabilisation of the region – through curbing migration and counter terror threats – as key to the future of the European project