Opinion pieces include articles published by the Institute’s Research Fellows in the press, as well as contributions by prominent external experts on issues of topical relevance for European foreign and security policy.
The opinions they express are their own and do not necessarily represent those of the Institute.
The EU must develop a better understanding of Israeli domestic political constraints and set itself clearer goals and objectives if it is to have real influence in the Middle East peace process.
The EU has responded to the Arab democratic wave by reinvigorating and re-launching the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in the Mediterranean. But which multilateral approach should the EU develop under the new circumstances, if at all?
Is increasingly belligerent rhetoric in Washington and in Israel concerning Iran in danger of becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy? Is it too late to stop the juggernaut of war?
What can the international community do in order to invoke the Responsibility to Protect and how can humanitarian aid be organised without military intervention?
Israel is a more complicated country than meets the eye, with a disturbing increase in intra-Israeli religious tensions which Europeans sometimes fail to take into account.
The EU has shown that its soft power tools have been of use in Syria. But if they are not linked to a plan to achieve a sustainable end-state to the crisis, they will have been used in vain. Europe might find itself being dragged into using military options after all.
Change in Myanmar has been hurtling along at breakneck speed. But as the country opens up, has the EU blunted its leverage due to its prior policies of engagement with the country? The author argues that the EU would do well to work with ASEAN to support the transition process.
Iran is in the throes of a transition where its fundamental tenets are being called into question. This paper provides an in-depth assessment of Iranian state and society since the 1979 revolution, focusing particularly on the social and political turmoil of the past five years.
Written by the Director of the EUISS, Álvaro de Vasconcelos, this new book assesses how the Arab democratic wave is part of a wider shift towards a post-Western world in which the global agenda is no longer defined by the West alone and other ‘unfamiliar’ voices may be heard.
Global Trends 2030 - Citizens in an Interconnected and Polycentric World assesses the long-term, international and domestic, political and economic environment facing the European Union over the next 20 years.
L’interrogation à laquelle tente de répondre la présente étude est de savoir si l’investissement de l’UE dans la CEEAC en tant qu’acteur de sécurité collective en Afrique centrale se justifie. Le constat, il faut le regretter, n’est pas encourageant. Intervenant sur un milieu il est vrai peu porteur, l’UE ne s’est pas donné les moyens des fins affichées.
