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…
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ECFR highlights: Solution Fishing in the Yemen
The resignations of Yemeni president, Prime Minister and the country's cabinet has thrown Yemen's political transition into chaos. Adam Baron, ECFR Visiting Fellow, Abubakr…
The Islamic State, Sectarianism and the Struggle for Iraq
Nickolay Mladenov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq, and ECFR's Julien Barnes-Dacey assess the critical dynamics in Iraq and the current conditions…
Iran in the regional order: a truce or continued confrontation?
Karim Sadjadpour, Senior Associate at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Julien Barnes-Dacey, ECFR Senior Policy Fellow, discuss the thinking among policy makers in…
Riyadh’s Perspective on a Region in Turmoil
Speaker HRH Prince Turki bin Faisal al-Saud will be shedding light on to Saudi Arabia’s perspective and responses to the current challenges across the Middle East.
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…
The next round of nuclear talks with Iran
Ahead of another round of talks over Iran's nuclear programme, the country's deputy foreign minister and one of their negotiators set out what they…
ECFR’s World in 30 minutes: Iraq
Mark Leonard discusses the latest developments in Iraq with Myriam Benraad, Vessela Tcherneva and Julien Barnes-Dacy Bookshelf: Irak…