Middle East and North Africa

Iran’s nuclear weapons deal will rebalance the Middle East

Signed by the P5 + Germany and mediated by the EU’s foreign policy chief, Baroness Catherine Ashton, the deal achieved with Iran on the latter’s nuclear programme has important implications for regional and international security dynamics that go well beyond nuclear weapons.

Legal, Legitimate, and Effective Drone Warfare?

21 November 2012 | Drones, Middle East and North Africa, Notes, Terrorism

The use of drones from Gaza to Waziristan, from Helmand to Abyan and to Gedo, thus, has important implications for international security in two dimensions: the possibilities of managing intrastate conflict and the relationship between the intervening and the target state.

Leadership, Diplomacy, and Institutional Design: A Model for Understanding the Arab Spring?

21 May 2012 | Libya, Middle East and North Africa, Notes, Sub-Saharan Africa, Syria, Yemen

Three ‘ingredients’ are essential in managing processes such as the Arab Spring and their aftermath successfully: leadership, diplomacy, and institutional design.

Libya’s Arab Spring: What lessons for the EU?

13 April 2012 | Libya, Middle East and North Africa, Notes

Despite limited engagement so far, the EU’s “skill set” may yet come to be in demand in Libya. If it does, it will be required for the long term.

Where next for a democratic Iraq?

5 February 2005 | Civil War, Middle East and North Africa, Notes, Subnational Governance

The Iraqi elections and their results were certainly not a complete and utter failure in bringing Iraq closer to a democratic society but they also offer a glimpse at the challenges ahead.

New Hope for the Middle East?

12 January 2005 | Middle East and North Africa, Notes

Sunday’s landslide victory won by Mahmoud Abbas has been widely hailed as a significant step forward but durable and just peace in the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict will depend political leaders’ willingness and ability to make tough choices.

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