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Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

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Climate and energy Events

Conference ”Geopolitical pathways for the energy transition: the Eastern Mediterranean”

Conference analysing the geopolitical pathways for the energy transition in the Eastern Mediterranean region.

02 Apr 2024 //
2 mins Reading time
Flag of Ukraine waving on a bridge over the Irpin river, next to Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

Ukraine as a mirror: should we pay an insurance premium?

Ukraine’s survival in 2024 will depend on the success of its ‘active defence’ strategy and the continued Western aid and support.

By Mira Milosevich-Juaristi
04 Mar 2024 //
11 mins Reading time
Destruction of al-Wahda Street after the Israel Defense Forces airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in May 2021. The al-Wehda Street is located in the densely populated neighbourhood of al-Rimal in Gaza City. R2P
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

The limits of international law: the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), Israel and the International Court of Justice

By charging Israel with genocide in the ICJ, South Africa has invoked the underlying principles and objectives of the R2P doctrine..

By Kristian Alexander
01 Mar 2024 //
8 mins Reading time
Image of the Peace Palace at night in The Hague (Netherlands), seat of the International Court of Justice. The ICJ is the principal judicial body of the United Nations
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

Prospects and implications of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling in the case of South Africa against Israel

The International Court of Justice has confirmed that it is plausible that Israel is violating its obligations in Gaza under the Genocide Convention.

By Antonio Remiro Brotóns
27 Feb 2024 //
23 mins Reading time
An interior shot of the Peace Palace, the seat of the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial body of the United Nation. Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

A turning point for Israel and Palestine

The recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) order marks a turning point in the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

By Haizam Amirah-Fernández
30 Jan 2024 //
7 mins Reading time
Gaza border with Israel. Distant view of residential houses and buildings in the northern part of the Gaza strip across an Israeli army post
International Security Analyses

Gaza and after: a transatlantic security perspective

The war in Gaza and related developments highlight the need for more explicit approaches in several key areas.

By Ian Lesser
23 Jan 2024 //
11 mins Reading time
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Events

Elcano Policy Paper “Spain in the World in 2024: perspectives and challenges”

The Elcano Royal Institute analyzes the prospects for the international panorama and the short-term challenges for Spain's external action.

08 Jan 2024 //
1 min Reading time
A wall at Netiv HaAsara facing the Gaza border reads the words “Path to Peace” in Hebrew, Arabic, and English. Netiv HaAsara is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the north-west Negev, it nearly borders the Gaza Strip
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Recognising Palestine, a prerequisite for hope and peace

The recognition of Palestine as a state by more Western countries would be a decisive step toward peace and to break the current vicious circle of destruction and hatred.

By Haizam Amirah-Fernández
11 Dec 2023 //
6 mins Reading time
View of the Al Aqsa Mosque, one of the Muslim temples in Jerusalem and a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
International Security Analyses

Guard down: deconstructing the 7 October policy, defence and intelligence failure

Israel’s intelligence, military and government all failed to anticipate Hamas’s Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Why?

By Gloria Sicilia Lozano
16 Nov 2023 //
15 mins Reading time

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