-
Published in: HomeHans Blix – a diplomatic lifeHans Blix ponders his long career in international politics and diplomacy, the state of the Middle East, and why he...
-
Published in: HomeIf ISIS uses chemical weapons, the west will be partly responsibleHow can the international community respond effectively and promptly to this growing threat, not just to the Middle...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAnti-colonialism, grassroots nationalism and their impacts on international relations in EgyptHow do uprisings and national discourses in Egypt shape the international relations of the country? How are we to...
-
Published in: Can Europe Make It?With eyes on Europe, we are forgetting those still crossingInstead of focusing on this humanitarian crisis, governments in Europe, the United States and Canada are only...
-
Published in: North Africa, West Asia'Something wicked this way comes': the Arab transitions (part 1)An excerpt from a NOREF report on the background to the current situation in the Middle East, focusing on the...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAmerica's not so exceptional foreign policyWhat can explain the myopia of US policy towards Sudan, when it knows Sudan has been facilitating ISIS in Libya,...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDialogue in Libya: challenges and conditions of successSteps need to be taken to promote consensus, in order to consolidate the nation to which Libyans aspire. This NOREF...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOut of the Middle EastIt is time for Arab Gulf countries to stop being on the defensive and to accept their responsibility for what is...
-
Published in: openSecurityMorocco, UN myopia and the Libyan crisisIt may be understandable that the UN should clutch at any straws to address the miasma in Libya. But Morocco...
-
Published in: 50.50Libya: "Rejoicing at our bloody democracy"For sustainable peace, the UN must refuse to sanction militarism as the default response to unwanted migration and...
-
Published in: HomeFrom shore to shore: regional collapse and human insecurityThese are policies that, whilst having a humanitarian veneer, radically exacerbate the burdens of migrants and...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMissing journalists: Tunisia’s Arab Spring meets Libya’sTwo radically different “Arab Springs” have collided in the ordeal of two Tunisian journalists in Libya.
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDesperate people, hazardous escapesThose fleeing violent conflict or brutal repressive regimes, facing darkness and terror as they journey from home to...
-
Published in: Can Europe Make It?Surveillance, migrant deaths and humanitarianism in the MediterraneanSmugglers are not the cause of migration; they are the consequences of the EU’s expanding border surveillance...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIslamic State’s latest victims: poor defenceless Christian EthiopiansAfter all, what IS wants is to create a polarized world of Muslim vs Christians by tapping into local discontent of...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaArab autocracy & revolutionUntil now, the struggle between autocrats and revolutionaries has been confined within national boundaries. But as...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFurther notes on the evolution of the jihadi international movementThe Islamic State project is finding some consensus in countries where political deadlock reduces our social lives...
-
Published in: North Africa, West AsiaShia crescent: self-fulfilling prophecyIran does not have influence over the region’s various Shia actors by default, but is helped by the way the Arab...
-
Published in: openSecurityLibya: the pressing need for dialogueThe western intervention in Libya in 2011 failed to recognise the complex warp and weft of its pre-democratic tribal...
-
Published in: North Africa, West Asia9/11 wars: a reckoningSnared by geopolitical interests, post-9/11 interventions have too easily been captured by leading states. A robust...
Latest in "Libya"
New in our projects
-
Published in: democraciaAbiertaDon’t let them steal the river -
Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThank God for Dominic Cummings? -
Published in: openJusticeRace and citizenship in Britain -
Published in: TransformationBooks and the future of understanding -
Published in: Global ExtremesGermany: Is banning far-right groups enough?
Latest on the climate crisis
-
Published in: democraciaAbiertaWho’s afraid of Greta Thunberg?
