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Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

Belgrade at the crossroads: Serbian-Russian relations in light of the Ukraine crisis
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

Belgrade at the crossroads: Serbian-Russian relations in light of the Ukraine crisis

Despite having recently initiated negotiations to join the EU, Serbia has declared itself neutral concerning EU sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis. This paper looks at Serbia’s somewhat ambiguous position between the EU and Russia.

By Raquel Montes Torralba
22 Dec 2014 //
26 mins Reading time
Middle East: alliances in times of turmoil
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

Middle East: alliances in times of turmoil

The Middle East is becoming a region with multiple centres of instability and increasingly complex conflicts.

By Haizam Amirah-Fernández
21 Nov 2014 //
11 mins Reading time
Egypt - Egipto. Elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Networked Egyptians

ICT development drew young Egyptians into the outside world and opened their eyes to a wider global picture, very different from the image offered by the state-controlled media.

04 Sep 2014 //
4 mins Reading time
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Iraq’s failures

Iraq has failed as a concept. It has been a failure of seeing democracy as only a question of votes, disregarding the protection and integration of minorities.

By Andrés Ortega
24 Jun 2014 //
4 mins Reading time
Rusia sueña con volver a ser grande. Foto: Erik Tjallinks (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Blog Elcano
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Has Putin won?

Has Putin won? In the short term, so it seems. In the long run it is much more uncertain because Western confidence in the Russian President, and in Russia, has evaporated.

By Andrés Ortega
17 Jun 2014 //
5 mins Reading time
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Let’s ask: ‘The end of the two-state solution?’

What solution is possible for a stable and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians? Is the end of the two-state solution?

By Andrés Ortega
20 May 2014 //
5 mins Reading time
Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi. Blog Elcano
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Al-Sisi, the Arsonist Firefighter

After eight months of al-Sisi's “mandate” to combat them, violence and terrorism have done nothing but increase. Massacres, attacks on security forces and everyday violence are becoming commonplace in Egyptian daily life.

By Haizam Amirah-Fernández
28 Apr 2014 //
3 mins Reading time
Germany and the crisis in Ukraine: divided over Moscow?
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Germany and the crisis in Ukraine: divided over Moscow?

The crisis in Ukraine and the Russian annexation of Crimea are a major challenge to Germany’s foreign-policy makers.

By André Härtel
08 Apr 2014 //
20 mins Reading time
The futures of Egypt: the good, the bad and the ugly
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The futures of Egypt: the good, the bad and the ugly

Egypt has undergone a frantic succession of political and social changes since January 2011. Today it is possible to envisage three different ‘futures’ for Egypt, described here as the good, the bad and the ugly.

By Haizam Amirah-Fernández
04 Feb 2014 //
17 mins Reading time

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