Julien Barnes-Dacey on how to deal with ISIS
Julien Barnes-Dacey, ECFR senior policy fellow and expert on the Middle East, talks about the publication “The Islamic State through the Regional Lens” and…
Syria
12 Dec
Discussion with Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria
Mr de Mistura will lay out the thinking behind the Aleppo freeze initiative and consider the opportunities for and barriers to success.
Turkey’s negotiations with the Kurds
Hugh Pope analyses how negotiations between Turkey's government and the Kurds have been affected by the turmoil across the border in Syria and the…
Rebooting EU foreign policy part 2 – Spiros Economides
In the second of two podcasts, Spiros Economides of the London School of Economics argues that the EU needs to think strategically about how…
Rebooting EU foreign policy part 1 – Nick Witney
Nick Witney, co-author of the ECFR publication 'Rebooting EU foreign policy', explains the need for a rethink of how the EU deals with the…
Iraq, ISIS, and the view from Washington
Following the advance of ISIS in north-west Iraq, Toby Dodge of the LSE analyses the situation there, while Jeremy Shapiro of the Brookings Institution…
Syria & Iraq through Saudi eyes
With the Syrian conflict still stuck in a bloody stalemate, and with ISIS threatening to overrun more of neighbouring Iraq, how is the region…
Italian foreign minister Federica Mogherini on Europe’s crises
Speaking at ECFR's Annual Council Meeting, Italian foreign minister Federica Mogherini talks about Ukraine, the elections to the European Parliament, and how to approach…
ECFR’s World in 30 minutes: Syria and Russia
Mark Leonard talks to Wider Europe expert Kadri Liik and Middle East expert Julien Barnes-Dacy about nationalism and world view in Russia and Syria
Abdullah al-Dardari on ending the Syrian conflict
Syria's former deputy prime minister, Abdullah al-Dardari, explains why the country's conflict needs to end immediately, no matter what the cost, and outlines how…