The nomination of the Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gül, of the ruling moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), as a candidate for the Presidency has led to a political crisis in Turkey.
The nomination of the Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gül, of the ruling moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), as a candidate for the Presidency has led to a political crisis in Turkey.
Saddam Hussein’s Iraq posed a threat to peace and security in the Middle East. Now in the throes of a process of decomposition, the country could become a source of new and even more serious threats for the region and for the international system.
The 1989 Taef Accord that ended the civil war in Lebanon is now proving to be outdated and overtaken by events. The fundamental issue is still the question of identity, values and choices. What kind of Lebanon do the Lebanese want?
Article by Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, written in the aftermath of his recent trip to six Sub-Saharan countries.
Progress in talks between India and Pakistan has been undermined by the lack of significant progress in resolving disputes and by possible uncertainties that may arise regarding the future of the process itself, especially in the wake of the 11 July terrorist bombings in the Indian city of Mumbai.
The fourth EU–Latin America / Caribbean Summit was held on May 11-12, 2006, in Vienna, Austria. The results suggest that the process has a future, but that it needs to be significantly strengthened for more substantial biregional relations
Along with the Justice and Reconciliation Report (IER) on human rights’ violations committed up to 1999, the Report on ‘50 years of Human Development and Prospects for 2025’ –entrusted by the King of Morocco to a numerous group of independent experts under the direction of one of his advisors– is part of the same retrospective review and collective reflection effort on the political experience of Morocco since it achieved independence in 1956
There are numerous factors that explain the increased importance of West and Central Africa in the world map of transnational organised crime and criminal organisations. The effects of political, economic and social shortcomings are amplified by the concurrence of external factors. In this context, well-established foreign transnational criminal networks seeking safe operational bases for their illicit businesses (narcotics, human beings, pirated goods, illegal migration and natural resources) cooperate and cohabit with newly-born and successful West African indigenous criminal networks.
The INDH puts Morocco’s social issues at the forefront of the country’s political priorities. Among its most positive features is that it has adopted a participatory approach, which involves civil society and local authorities in both planning and implementation. However, it is not clear how it fits in with a national development strategy and with the country’s general economic policy, nor how it will help transfer greater political power and resources to local governments as the key agents in the current democracy-building process.
An international donor conference held in London has generated substantial new commitments of aid money for Afghanistan. The support comes amid a volatile security situation in the battered country and growing disillusionment among ordinary Afghans over the slowness of reconstruction
Libya has come a long way towards its international rehabilitation in the last three years. The reforms implemented so far have been limited and have focused on the economic sphere, in order to attract greater foreign direct investment, especially in the oil sector. These reforms should not be expected to come alongside significant political liberalisation