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ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: The Vienna talks on Libya and Syria
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR policy fellows Ellie Geranmayeh, Julien Barnes-Dacey and Mattia Toaldo, about the recent talks in Vienna where foreign minister…
Yemen’s peace talks – end of the beginning or beginning of the end?
After more than a year of war, representatives of Yemen's warring factions are now gathering to discuss a potential peace settlement. What are the odds…
Yemen – what next?
Mattia Toaldo, ECFR Policy Fellow, Adam Baron, Visiting Fellow at ECFR, Iona Craig, a British-Irish freelance journalist, and Nawal al-Maghafi, award-winning Yemeni-British journalist and…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Iran & Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic breakdown
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with Christian Koch, director of the Gulf Research Center Foundation, Marc Lynch, Professor of Political Science at George Washington…
ECFR special: Iran Nuclear Talks
ECFR policy fellow Ellie Geranmayeh is in Vienna where the nuclear talks between Iran and six major powers are being held. She speaks to…
ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Iran
On 2 April in Lausanne, world powers and Iran declared the parameters of a comprehensive nuclear deal, offering greater detail than expected. The US…
The regional and internal struggle for Yemen
Adam Baron, Visiting Fellow at ECFR, Mina Al-Oraibi, Assistant Editor in Chief of the Asharq Alawsat newspaper, Nawal al-Maghafi, journalist at Al-Araby al-Jadeed TV,…
The uncertain future of Yemen
ECFR Senior Policy Fellow, Julien Barnes-Dacey, and Visiting Fellow, Adam Baron, discuss the recent developments in Yemen and take a look at where the…