Palestine & UN bidPalestine state?Arab spring
  • The US and the EU should support the Palestinian bid for UN membership
    Insight by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 25 August 2011
    The US and the EU should support the Palestinian bid for UN membership
  • Palestinian reconciliation is an opportunity for peace
    Bulletin article by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 01 June 2011
    Palestinian reconciliation is an opportunity for peace
  • Can the Arab spring bring peace to the Middle East?
    Insight by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 21 April 2011
  • 'West Bank first' approach has failed
    Opinion piece by Clara Marina O'Donnell
    European Voice, 04 February 2010

    The EU must convince the US to abandon a policy whose flawed logic condemns it to failure.
  • Last hooray for the EU on Iran?
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 25 November 2009

    When the EU's first 'foreign minister', Cathy Ashton, starts work on December 1st, she will find Iran on top of her 'to do' pile. Earlier this week, Tehran turned down a proposal from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that would have seen a large part of the country's stock of uranium moved out of the country for further enrichment.
  • Israel's dark view of the world
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    The Guardian, 13 November 2009

    The official explained to Bibi Netanyahu that if there was a peace settlement, extra investment would push Israel's longterm growth rate from 5% a year to 7%. The Israeli prime minister responded that if the country had 5% growth, it did not need peace.
  • Is Turkey Iran's friend?
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 04 November 2009

    Is Turkey really Iran’s “friend”, as Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed in a recent interview with the Guardian newspaper? Erdogan’s visit last week to Tehran suggests so.
  • The dangers of Karzai’s re-election
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 10 September 2009

    The final result of the Afghan election may not be known until the end of September, but it looks as if President Hamid Karzai will have done well enough to avoid a second round of voting.
  • Iran's nuclear problem: Ever harder to fix
    Bulletin article by Tomas Valasek, 03 August 2009

    Iran’s theocratic regime remains in power, despite persistent divisions within the ruling elite. Whatever the long-term fate of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the unrest that followed June’s presidential election probably makes it harder for the West to persuade Iran to set aside its nuclear ambitions.
  • Iran, elections, and nuclear weapons
    Insight by Tomas Valasek, 10 July 2009

    What the future holds for Iran's theocratic regime is hard to read. True, the government has ensured its own survival by suppressing last month's protests there with brutal force.
  • The EU's approach to Israel and the Palestinians: A move in the right direction
    Policy brief by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 18 June 2009

    Divisions amongst Palestinians and the reluctance of the new Israeli government to work towards a viable two-state solution weaken the prospects for peace in the Middle East.