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POLICY PAPER | Towards the Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone: which role for the EU?

04/01/2023 Beyond Europe, Publications

E ven if it is still an issue, the idea of a Free Zone in the Middle East has a long history. Since the beginning, the ambitious initiative has encountered numerous obstacles.[1] The wider…

[TALKING GEOPOLITICS] With Marc Finaud on the EU engagement in the Middle East WMD Free Zone

27/10/2022 Beyond Europe, Podcasts

Adelaide Rabino

A s part of the Talking Geopolitics Podcast Series, we talked with Marc Finaud on the European Union engagement in the Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone establishment process. We addressed…

POLICY PAPER | How Can the EU Overcome Its Absence from the Middle East?

12/06/2021 Beyond Europe, Publications

Benjamin Feve

T he European Union is missing from the Middle East. Politically and diplomatically. Regarding the multifaceted struggles of the Syrian conflict, and the same goes for Libya and Yemen, the EU is absent. Between…

POLICY BRIEF | The Jerusalem security summit: what are the implications for the European Union?

23/07/2019 Israel, Publications

Mariaeugenia Benato

T he European Union has often played a primary role in founding the modern Middle East[1] and, over time, it has emphasized the growing importance of this region in tackling international issues such as…

Should Silence Over Iran Continue?

15/03/2018 Beyond Europe, Iran

Rahim Hamid

[authorbox authorid="48" title="The Author"] W hile Western journalists and politicians see themselves as fit to provide ‘expert’ commentary on Iran and the wider Middle East, the real ‘Iran experts’ – the Iranian people there, more…

America is still Kurdistan’s best hope

11/11/2017 The Opinion

Diyar Ameen

In recent days, Iraqi Kurds deeply frustrated with American foreign policy made an unprecedented display toward their longstanding ally: banners featuring anti-American slogans began to dot our capital city. This would be normal in…

We Must Prepare for a 30-Year War in the Middle East

30/12/2015 The Opinion

Vocal Europe

by Paul Rogers Twelve years ago, George W Bush gave his “Mission Accomplished” speech from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, confident that the Saddam Hussein regime had been consigned to…

Iraq: slow agony of the Christians

20/08/2015 Society

Vocal Europe

photo source: wp by Isabelle Panasi The Christians of the Middle East are currently on the front page of our newspapers. It seems the Westerner press has just discovered them… and feels sorry for them. However,…

ISIS: Iran’s Trojan Horse?

01/05/2015 Iran

Vocal Europe

DISCLAIMER: all opinions in this column reflect view of the autor(s), not of Vocal Europe by M. Behzad Fatmi / @BehzadFatmi Islamic State to Iran is what Al Qaeda has been to America. The analogy might not resonate well…

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