The Middle East & North Africa
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Europe and the Middle East – just a bystander?
14 October 2024
Anunita Chandrasekar and Luigi Scazzieri discuss Europe's role in the Middle East conflict.
Judy Asks: Has the war in Gaza irreversibly damaged Europe's credibility?
14 March 2024
Carnegie Europe
Europe’s response to the war in Gaza has greatly undermined its credibility in the Middle East and beyond.
Europe and the Gaza war
07 February 2024
Encompass
Europeans have struggled to form a coherent response to the Israel-Hamas conflict that erupted after Hamas’ brutal attacks on October 7th.
CER Podcast: Where is Europe in the Israel Hamas conflict?
07 November 2023
Camino Mortera-Martinez, Luigi Scazzieri and Nathalie Tocci discuss Europe's role in the Israel Hamas conflict.
BBC News: EU pause in military activity is less ambitious than ceasefire
23 October 2023
Luigi Scazieri spoke to BBC News, "I think it's fair to say that the initial response [from the EU] was not particularly smooth. In the days immediately after the Hamas atrocities, there were visible divisions between the member-states and different parts of the EU institutions. And in particular, Commission President...
L’Europa e il conflitto di Gaza: peso limitato, poche buone opzioni
22 October 2023
Aspenia Online
La risposta iniziale dell’UE al conflitto tra Israele e Hamas è stata caotica.
Ask CER - Episode 8: Inflation Reduction Act, Qatargate and Iran
09 February 2023
You asked, we answered: the eighth episode of our 'Ask CER' podcast series.
CER podcast: Water scarcity: Libya's forgotten issue
22 April 2022
Megan Ferrando spoke to Malak Altaeb about water scarcity in Libya.
Tensions over Afghan refugees will lead to ever more transactional EU-Turkey ties
14 September 2021
LSE blog
The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban has raised fears in both the EU and Turkey of a new refugee crisis emerging.
CER podcast: Europe needs a new approach to the Sahel
09 April 2021
Ian Bond discussed the situation in the Sahel region of Africa with Abdoul Salam Bello and Katherine Pye.
Covid-19 makes reform of the EU’s approach towards its southern neighbours more urgent than ever
18 August 2020
LSE blog
The EU has a stated goal of promoting prosperity and stability in the Middle East and North Africa. However, its efforts to secure Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements with its southern neighbours have so far had limited success.
CER podcast: Europe and Libya
12 February 2020
The conflict in Libya is spiralling out of control despite the recent Berlin conference. Beth Oppenheim and Luigi Scazzieri discuss why Europe has struggled to influence Libya, and how the conflict may evolve.
CER podcast: Can Europe overcome its paralysis on Palestine?
15 January 2020
The EU has struggled to take decisive action on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Gulf tension making it harder for EU to save Iran deal
02 August 2019
EU Observer
Tensions between Europe and Iran are rising after Iran's seizure of a British-flagged tanker transiting through the Persian Gulf in mid-July.
Trump, Kushner and Netanyahu are hellbent on destroying the two-state solution – the EU must not let them
02 August 2019
The Independent
In typical Trump style, Kushner is pushing a $50bn Middle East ‘deal of the century’ to solve the Israel-Palestinian question. It won’t work and so the European Union should step in.
Transatlantic divergence in the Middle East
11 July 2019
E!Sharp
From Libya to Iran, Donald Trump has re-orientated US policy in the Middle East, opening a rift with Europe.
Missing in Libya
27 June 2019
Berlin Policy Journal
The civil war in Libya is getting worse, carrying the risk of spreading instability and extremism. Another refugee crisis could be looming. Yet so far the EU has been divided and passive.
CER podcast: Europe and Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi
24 April 2019
Sophia Besch asks Beth Oppenheim whether the European-Saudi relationship has changed after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi last October.
Waiting for Putin and Assad to run out of people to kill. Is that our plan?
25 February 2018
The Observer
It has been a quieter than average week in Syria. More than 400 people were killed in the unimaginably awful siege of eastern Ghouta, most of them civilians.
Voice of America: EU-Tripoli Migrant Deal Ignores Political Chaos in Libya, Analysts Warn
04 February 2017
Luigi Scazzieri talks to Voice of America about the EU's migrant deal with Libya.