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Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

Protesters march on Avenue Habib Bourguiba in downtown Tunis (Tunisia), angry over unemployment, rising prices and corruption, 14 Jan 2011. Photo: VOA Photo/L. Bryant - VOA: Tunisia Unrest, slideshow. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. Elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Which way now for Tunisia?

Tunisia has had very little press over the last seven years, with a few reports referring to it as the last glimmer of hope of what was so hastily dubbed the ‘Arab Spring’ or as a target of jihadism.

By Jesús A. Núñez Villaverde
08 Feb 2018 //
5 mins Reading time
Map of the Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) – Iran (Teheran) proxywar in the Middle East. Source: Emmanuel Pène (Agathocle de Syracuse) / The Maghreb and Orient Courier. Blog Elcano
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Riyadh-Tehran: intertwined destinies

An antagonism dominates the Middle East: the rivalry that pits Riyadh against Teheran. Their destinies are intertwined, not by a quantum relationship but one that is very real and ideological.

By Andrés Ortega
23 Jan 2018 //
5 mins Reading time
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Libya is sinking even further into the abyss

Whether one looks at the humanitarian situation, or at politics or at security, the overwhelming impression is that Libya is sinking into the abyss.

By Jesús A. Núñez Villaverde
13 Dec 2017 //
4 mins Reading time
Hassan Rohani at the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2015. Photo: UN Photo/Loey Felipe (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

The challenges of Rohani’s second term

What are the domestic constraints (from the Revolutionary Guard to economic restrictions) and the external challenges (from US-Saudi relations to the crisis in the Gulf Cooperation Council) that re-elected President Hassan Rohani will face over the next four years?

By Luciano Zaccara
30 Oct 2017 //
23 mins Reading time
Turkey-EU relations. Flags of the EU and Turkey. Photo: Martin Schulz (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Two to tango: the unchanging complexity of Turkey-EU relations

Another European Council meeting went by, with no substantial changes regarding Turkey-EU relations. But, this story is not over.

By Ilke Toygür
27 Oct 2017 //
5 mins Reading time
Will there be a Kurdish state? Photo: janSefti /Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0). Elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Will there be a Kurdish state?

Terrorism, oil, the crisis in Iraq, the Syrian civil war and the burden of geopolitics all weigh against the birth of a new Kurdish state.

By Andrés Ortega
03 Oct 2017 //
5 mins Reading time
Turkey and the EU must stand together for a better future
Future of Europe Analyses

Turkey and the EU must stand together for a better future

As a candidate and negotiating country, Turkey is closely following the recent developments and debates about the EU’s current situation and future, since they are intimately related to its own future.

By Ömer Çelik
27 Sep 2017 //
4 mins Reading time
Satellite image of the Mediterranean sea. Image: NASA (Public domain)
Future of Europe Analyses

The shrinking Euro-Mediterranean policy space

The transformations that have taken place in the EU’s Mediterranean Neighbourhood have reduced the options for a shrinking Euro-Mediterranean policy.

By Gonzalo Escribano
14 Sep 2017 //
29 mins Reading time
Argelinos desafían la prohibición de manifestarse en Argel en 2011. Foto: Magharebia / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

Algeria: reform before demands turn revolutionary

In a context of social and economic distress, Algeria is no longer able to maintain its current approach to the welfare state while avoiding deep structural reforms.

By Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck
28 Apr 2017 //
21 mins Reading time

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