Eckart Woertz

Eckart Woertz is a Senior Research Fellow at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) and author of Oil for Food (Oxford University Press, 2013). He can be followed on Twitter @eckartwoertz

Spilling the beans, Riyadh style

With recent events, the Saudis are involuntarily proving Obama's point: petrodollars and weapons cannot buy them security, but social and political reform just might.

By Eckart Woertz

/ 19 May 2015

Egypt: return of the deep state

With the referendum the military secures its privileges, but its main challenge is the economic crisis.

By Eckart Woertz

/ 20 Jan 2014

Egypt: return of the deep state

With the referendum the military secures its privileges, but its main challenge is the economic crisis.

By Eckart Woertz

/ 20 Jan 2014

What do Syrians eat? Food and the war economy

The long-run viability of Syria will depend on economic recovery, it will not be decided by military victory on whichever side.

By Eckart Woertz

/ 12 Sep 2013