After Jenin: A European response to West Bank escalation
Israel’s operations on the West Bank are a counterproductive way to deal with armed groups. European action should focus on helping to address the drivers of the recent surge of violence.
Israel’s operations on the West Bank are a counterproductive way to deal with armed groups. European action should focus on helping to address the drivers of the recent surge of violence.
Let’s face it, the stability of the region hangs by a thread, although no one wants escalation, neither Israel nor Iran, let alone the United States and the European Union
Arturo Varvelli on the situation in the Middle East in light of the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and the latest Iranian attacks
The U.S. has built a framework for deterrence, signaling that it is not interested in a regional war but is prepared to intervene in response to Iran’s provocations
Hugh Lovatt on the U.S. position regarding the possibility of a regional confrontation in the Middle East
It would be just too much of a provocation and they know very well, and Iran knows very well, that would (trigger) inevitably the beginning of a much broader US-led international mission in Yemen
Cinzia Bianco comments on the Red Sea crisis and the risk of conflict widening should the Huthi target and U.S. military bases scattered across the Gulf
Qatar’s position as a major mediator has its roots in the early 2000s-then the country developed relations with all Islamists linked to the Muslim Brotherhood
Saudi Arabia still aims to be the leader and pivot of the wider Middle East and North Africa region, expecting to be the first port-of-call for external actors wanting to do business in the region
Cinzia Bianco on Saudi Arabia’s economic positioning and its role on so-called “critical” and strategic assets
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