by Yavuz Baydar
Forget the old guidebooks on how to conduct foreign policy. These are times that require that the modes and codes change. The official introduction of Donald Trump as the leader…
by Giles Marshall
Theresa May has now been prime minister of Britain for six months, but to read the current flurry of British press commentary you would be forgiven for thinking that she is a…
by Robert Heslop
The sudden resignation of the UK's Ambassador to the EU, Sir Ivan Rogers, sent shock waves through the UK government, the British press and the Brussels circuit. The departure of one of…
by Marie Shuqha
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held their second summit on Thursday, December 8th 2016, in Jerusalem, after having met in Nicosia this past…
by Marie Shuqha
Regarding Obama’s last report leaning more against a last-ditch action on Israel at the United Nations, I thought it was time to shed some light on past and recent European attempts to…
by Yavuz Baydar
Angry journalists in exile may easily end up as pure political activists, attracted by propaganda, forgetting their delicate professional roles.
As I addressed colleagues at a recent gathering in Brussels and the…
by Hugh Lovatt
The European Neighbourhood Policy's engagement for a two state solution proves to be outdated. Its revitalisation could form an integral part of international efforts to resolve the conflict.
The EU’s European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)…
by Yavuz Baydar
The Peri Tower Hotel is the latest to throw in the towel.
“By the end of November, we will shut our doors to tourists,” said Nazif Demir, the manager of the hotel, which…
by Martin Mycielski
From its conception as the European Coal and Steel Community, through the fall of the Soviet bloc and up until the beginning of the global financial crisis, the EU was largely portrayed as…
by Aarti Shankar
Polls analysing the key contenders to take the French presidency suggest voters have fixed their intentions on candidates from the right and centre-right. Yet, in a climate of limited confidence in pollsters, it…