The hybrid war and the challenge of peace in Ukraine
Round table chaired by Charles Powell (@CharlesTPowell), director of the Elcano Royal Institute, at Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid.
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood
Ukraine: the peace hiding behind the ceasefire
If consolidating a ceasefire in the eastern Ukraine will be difficult, making peace will be even more so.
Belgrade at the crossroads: Serbian-Russian relations in light of the Ukraine crisis
Despite having recently initiated negotiations to join the EU, Serbia has declared itself neutral concerning EU sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis. This paper looks at Serbia’s somewhat ambiguous position between the EU and Russia.
Middle East: alliances in times of turmoil
The Middle East is becoming a region with multiple centres of instability and increasingly complex conflicts.
Networked Egyptians
ICT development drew young Egyptians into the outside world and opened their eyes to a wider global picture, very different from the image offered by the state-controlled media.
Iraq’s failures
Iraq has failed as a concept. It has been a failure of seeing democracy as only a question of votes, disregarding the protection and integration of minorities.
Has Putin won?
Has Putin won? In the short term, so it seems. In the long run it is much more uncertain because Western confidence in the Russian President, and in Russia, has evaporated.
Let’s ask: ‘The end of the two-state solution?’
What solution is possible for a stable and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians? Is the end of the two-state solution?
Al-Sisi, the Arsonist Firefighter
After eight months of al-Sisi's “mandate” to combat them, violence and terrorism have done nothing but increase. Massacres, attacks on security forces and everyday violence are becoming commonplace in Egyptian daily life.
Germany and the crisis in Ukraine: divided over Moscow?
The crisis in Ukraine and the Russian annexation of Crimea are a major challenge to Germany’s foreign-policy makers.
The futures of Egypt: the good, the bad and the ugly
Egypt has undergone a frantic succession of political and social changes since January 2011. Today it is possible to envisage three different ‘futures’ for Egypt, described here as the good, the bad and the ugly.
Egypt: three years of mirages
The upheavals in Egypt have not come to an end and neither have the foundations been laid for settling a convulsive and erratic transition. Three years have passed since the events that Egyptians still refer to as the ‘25th of January revolution ’. During that time, the country has been subject to constant disturbances that have fuelled uncertainty and social polarisation, while the serious social and economic problems that caused the riots have become even more entrenched.