Germany, the Schengen Crisis and Frontex: A Funny Kind of Pro-Europeanism (ARI)
Is Germany’s new position on Schengen a sign of the ‘normalisation’ of its European policy?
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood
Reframing the Libyan Narrative (ARI)
The rebel movement in Libya is slowly building on its limited military capacity and experience and is making good progress in achieving domestic and international legitimacy, but much remains to be done before it is a functional state.
Current Moroccan Anti-Terrorism Policy (ARI)
Legal, social and religious reforms shape Morocco’s counter-terrorism. Though the policy has worked, in general, there have been reversals with human rights shortcomings and corruptions which affect these reforms. Returning to reform in counterterrorism should involve the Moroccan public.
Human Rights: An Obstacle to Peace in the Western Sahara? (ARI)
The establishment of a human rights monitoring mechanism in the Western Sahara, preferably through an expansion of MINURSO’s mandate, would change the underlying dynamics of the conflict and allow for progress in the negotiation process.
EU-Turkey Accession Negotiations: the State of Play and the Role of the New Turkish Foreign Policy
Turkey’s EU accession negotiations completed their fifth year on 3 October 2010. However, despite annual declarations on the Turkish side that each new year would be ‘the year of the EU’, negotiations seem to be progressing very slowly and the prospects for their timely completion look dim.
Some Comments on the ‘Egyptian Revolution’ of 2011 (ARI)
The so-called ‘Egyptian Revolution’, led by the country’s middle-class urban youth, has led to sweeping social and cultural changes that constitute the main asset for a transition towards a more democratic regime, despite the uncertainties regarding the political future following the fall of Mubarak.
The Yemen Uprising: Imperatives for Change and Potential Risks (ARI)
The Saleh era has been marked by rampant corruption, personalisation of the State, the distortion of culture, social divisiveness and rent-seeking. In the eyes of many Yemenis, President Ali Abdullah Saleh is now part of the problem, not the solution.
International Relations of the Gulf: Interests, Alliances, Dilemmas and Paradoxes (ARI)
Security and the intervention of external powers are at the heart of the foreign policies of the Gulf countries.
Challenges facing the international community in addressing peace-building priorities in Guinea-Bissau
Remarks by Joseph Mutaboba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, on the peace-building priorities in this country at the Elcano Royal Institute (Madrid) on16 February 2011.
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