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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLibyan political agreement: recipe for peace or disaster?The United Nations-brokered Libyan political agreement has failed to bear any fruits thus far because it does not...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUS drone base in Tunisia: expanding a borderless war against terror to North AfricaBy normalising the use of drones, the US might be planting a seed that people in the Arab world reject: the seed of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Libyan GNA: the rise and impending fall of the Libyan political agreementA viable Libyan state that will restore normalcy and security to the daily lives of its citizens must be given the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNo, the intervention in Libya wasn't a successShadi Hamid's claims that the Western war in Libya went well ignore significant evidence of disaster.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?From hybrid peace to human securityAn effective second generation human security policy that would actually improve everyday security, both in conflict...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFor partners in managing refugee flows, don’t look to LibyaCurrent proposals for European cooperation with Libya to contain migration and refugee flows are ill-advised.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaInterview: Martin Kobler, the UN envoy trying to put Libya back togetherThe veteran German diplomat speaks about the challenge of uniting Libya and ending a civil war.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Iraq and Syria didn’t create ISIS - we didAfter the Paris attacks, ISIS became yesterday’s story, as if the terrorist movement had disappeared into far lands...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy airstrikes on ISIS in Libya could worsen the situation in TunisiaConcerns that bombing ISIS in Libya might destabilise Tunisia were tragically confirmed last week, as ISIS militants...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTo the shores of TripoliGreat Britain and Italy are preparing to send ground troops to Libya, and American troops will likely be involved...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
