In order to increase the pressure on Iran, NATO should finally acknowledge the country’s nuclear and missile programs as an evolving risk to alliance security.
European leaders should take note from Obama and Morsi, who tried to address the complex issue of freedom of speech at a time when the Arab world is going through immense turmoil.
Every week leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the international challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Germany is still not willing to address two issues that are crucial to formulating a foreign policy strategy either at the national or at the European level.
Europe should stop waiting for the U.S. administration and begin to think out of the box by partnering with Egypt to try and revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
It's a mistake to believe that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be easier after November's U.S. election.
An interesting relationship is emerging between Turkey and Russia, which may impact on a range of countries that once used to be part of either the Ottoman or Russian/Soviet empires, or both.
If the EU remains noncommittal in its approach to the conflict in Syria, others will step in to determine the course of events there and thus in the region as a whole.
The real question facing Syrians is whether a sense of unity and common destiny can be created among the various religious and social groups in the country after the tragedy of the Assad years.
It seems that dissent is getting ineluctably closer to the core of Bashar Al Assad’s regime and that even the previously untouchable security system is now under threat.
Every week leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the international challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
We cannot yet be sure if the election of Mohamed Morsi as president of Egypt marks the beginning of a new era for the country.
Every week leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the international challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Every week leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the international challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
Angela Merkel is a staunch defender of Israel but far from silent over Benjamin Netanyahu's settlement policies.
Together, Europeans and Arabs can build a better future, built on a wider set of common political and social values. The Arab world’s breakthrough was late in coming, but it is here.
Benzion Netanyahu was an unconventional thinker and historian. But he was always skeptical about the ability of Israeli Jews to lead and their ability to heed warnings.
Leading Syria to peace is a responsibility which it is safer to accept than to ignore.
If NATO wants to be a relevant political organization, it is time it starts to talk about Iran instead of brushing the issue under the carpet.
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