Reviving the Security Function: The EU’s Path to Save the JCPOA
Europe’s efforts to keep the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) for Iran alive hardly seem effective. On 28 June 2019, during a meeting of the Joint Commission of JCPOA, […]
Europe’s efforts to keep the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) for Iran alive hardly seem effective. On 28 June 2019, during a meeting of the Joint Commission of JCPOA, […]
More than 5,000 North African volunteers travelled to Syria and Iraq in the aftermath of the ‘Arab Spring’, and about 2,000 joined jihadi groups in Libya. This report looks at […]
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There are still more than one hundred Belgian fighters in Syria and Iraq, some of which are currently detained in the region. The fall of the Caliphate and the US […]
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Het Midden-Oosten gaat opnieuw in zijn lange geschiedenis door een periode van oorlog en omwenteling, met inbegrip van massamoord van burgers, het falen van staten, transnationaal terrorisme en sektarische oorlogvoering, […]
According to intelligence estimates, there are around 1,400 European children in Syria and Iraq, many of them born there. The fate of these children confronts European governments with moral, legal, […]
Returning foreign terrorist fighters constitute a threat to Europe, which should neither be underestimated nor overstated. European member states have developed a number of measures and instruments to deal with […]
FULLY BOOKED ***Version française ci-dessous*** ***Nederlandstalige versie hieronder*** In 2014, the declaration of the Islamic State caliphate was hailed as a major victory by the global jihadist movement. But it […]
By Staffan de Mistura, Former Under-Secretary-General, UN Special Envoy for Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon He will share with us his experience as special UN envoy in his successive peace missions […]
Profound geopolitical changes in the Middle East and North Africa have created great instability and unpredictability. How will the region evolve in the future? And: what does it mean for […]
The expansion of China’s involvement in Africa has led to its growing security engagement on the continent, driven by concerns over the protection of investments and overseas nationals, demands by […]