In Brief
A war without end – must the EU remain a bystander in the Middle East?
With Israel on the warpath around the region, despite international efforts to shift the conflicts from the battlefield to the negotiation table, there are growing fears about the consequences for the wider world, including in the EU. Whether the US can rein in Israel’s military machine is an open question. The record doesn’t bode well. […]
In Brief
Can ‘normalisation’ help bring peace to the Middle East?
A new normal(isation) As the new US administration sets about revoking much of the Trump legacy, one part of it that is unlikely to be affected is that of the ‘normalisation’ of relations with Israel by Arab states. The second half of 2020 saw Washington broker a flurry of these normalisation deals and four states: […]