With horrifying images coming out of Gaza, Europeans have started looking for the right tools to exert pressure on Israel, but they might not be able to bridge their fundamental internal differences.
Six years ago, the Brief imagined the ethical challenge that killer robots, possessing, artificial intelligence and presumably looking like Terminator, would pose.
Recent signs point to a rekindling of relations between Turkey and the West, particularly on action relating to Ukraine. However, long-term energy dependencies indicate that Turkey and Russia will remain close partners for the foreseeable future, writes Francesco Siccardi.
In the vintage comics of the 1940s, Kryptonite, a green crystalline material from outer space, was the only thing that made Superman vulnerable. Thankfully, in that universe, it was very rare. But what if, in our real world, the reverse is true - and the bad guys have easy access to hyper-boosters that increase their fighting prowess?
It’s incredible how quickly the war in Ukraine disappeared from news feeds since the terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel early in the morning on 7 October. Even for all-news TV channels that used to churn out news items on Ukraine …
The attack launched by Hamas against Israel on 7 October cannot be the beginning of another full-scale conflict between Israel and Palestinians. It must be the start of a war on terrorism.
The Abraham Accords have transformed the region, shaping a brighter future in the Middle East and beyond, while opening new doors for collaboration with the EU, writes Haim Regev.
Ahead of the Brussels conference on Syria, Amanya Michael-Ebye reflects on the 12 years of conflict and multiple hardships for Palestine refugees, calling on the EU and the international community for support.
The episode may have escaped the attention of Brussels circles, but a Chinese-brokered deal to restore ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia, respectively, the two leading Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim powers in the Middle East, is a diplomatic stunt that provides food for thought.
On 14 May, Turks will decide whether or not to approve – in final terms – Erdoğan’s drive toward an extremely centralised system of government, or, to put it more simply, one-man rule, writes Yavuz Baydar.
If corporations are to be deservedly heralded as ‘climate leaders’, they must only purchase high-quality, high-integrity carbon credits, write Jenny Ahlen and Giulia Carbone.
Serbia is getting dangerously close to the bloc of autocratic and aggressive regimes, such as those in Moscow and Tehran, and thus, turning its back on its Western partners, writes Orhan Dragaš.
The behaviour of football associations like FIFA and UEFA can best be understood when they are seen as economic cartels in an industry favouring natural monopolies.
Tehran is aware that the Nakhchivan corridor agreed under the 2020 Russia-brokered ceasefire would connect mainland Azerbaijan not only with its exclave, but also with its ally, Turkey, Iran’s regional rival, writes Nikola Mikovic.
Turkey has become an indispensable intermediary in the Ukraine–Russia–West ternary, and wherever one currently looks, Ankara is often already there. Since the beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Turkey has maintained close ties with Ukraine and Russia in a skillful balancing …
The massive shipments of Iranian arms supplies to Russia represent a slippery slope toward military escalation, including nuclear proliferation.
Facing tremendous challenges at the regional and the global level, it is timely that we join hands to maintain the unprecedented momentum and instil a new dynamic in EU-Israel relations, writes Ambassador Haim Regev.
Last week’s attacks by Azerbaijan against Armenian positions occurred simply because they could, as the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was exposed as a paper tiger, writes Neil Hauer.
Turkey’s next move could be to destabilise Moscow’s nominal ally Armenia in the Caucasus region, showing how weak the Kremlin’s positions in the South Caucasus have become, writes Nikola Mikovic.
The 2020 conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, as well as the more recent war in Ukraine, has refocused attention on the need for enhanced EU de-mining assistance across Eastern Partnership countries, writes Samuel Doveri Vesterbye.
Massive capital flows toward Israel and its increased strategic importance in Europe’s rush to acquire independence from Russian fossil fuels will translate into a new geopolitical balance in the Middle East, writes Joseph Dana.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tends to shoot first and ask questions much later, and he is clearly making the same mistake once again with the NATO enlargement issue, writes Henri J. Barkey.
The Bank Melli Iran v Telekom Deutschland case is significant, because it highlights the intrusive impact of US extraterritorial sanctions and spotlights the weaknesses in the EU response, writes Dick Roche.
If a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh is signed in Brussels rather than in Moscow, it will be another Russian geopolitical defeat, writes Nikola Mikovic.
