It has been a few weeks now that the whole world has been affected by the coronavirus crisis. The virus has caused already a high number of deaths while it is also destabilizing small and large economies across the world which may lead to widespread political unrest. This also applies to the Middle East, a […]
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On January 28th 2020, the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, unveiled his peace plan for the Middle East. After initially only publishing the economic part on the sidelines of the Bahrain Conference in June 2019, the political part was long awaited in both Israel and Palestine. A negotiated peace
Trump’s Middle East Plan: Geopolitical or Electoral Pragmatism? Read More »
Pat Cox, a former President of the European Parliament, visited the College of Europe Natolin for the 3R symposium. During that visit, he sat down with the Natolin Blog team for a short interview in which he talked about the future of Europe and the EU. Cankat Özkan: The greatest challenge that the current
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History deeply influences the reactions to the current geopolitical conflicts in Armenia and Georgia. Both countries oscillate from the East to the West, from NATO’s protection to Russian support, in their struggle for survival. Pro-western Georgia sees Russian sympathies rising while pro-Russian Armenia is apprently tempted by the “Swiss model” of neutrality. On a recent
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In 1999 Javier Solana spoke longingly about the mutual economic and political benefits of the EU-Russian ‘strategic partnership.’ Solana’s aspirations seemed to be fulfilled when the EU and Russia launched their first institutionalised framework for cooperation in energy policy – the EU-Russian Energy Dialogue in 2000 and sought to develop mechanisms for the combat of international terrorism
What went wrong with EU-Russia relations? Read More »
