One of the central strategies the authoritarian regimes of the Middle East use to gain influence in the European Union (EU) is to promote themselves as bulwarks of stability, moderation, and tolerance – an article [ More … ]
The next Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt’s human rights record is scheduled for 13 November 2019, under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Amnesty International together with 17 other international [ More … ]
Unannounced visit comes as France ramps up efforts to ease tensions between Iran and US over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Iran‘s top diplomat has held talks with France‘s President Emmanuel Macron at the sidelines of the [ More … ]
After weeks of heightened tensions between Iran and the United States, national security adviser John Bolton’s visit to Abu Dhabi this week signaled that there isn’t an easy way out of the dispute that Trump’s [ More … ]
Proposed deals could allow sharing of data relating to political and religious beliefs, sex lives and trade union memberships but only when ‘strictly necessary’ European Union officials have begun talks with counterparts in several Middle [ More … ]
European leaders are off to Sharm el Sheikh, where they will continue to endorse the worst dictator Egypt has seen in modern times Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been busy on the international circuit. [ More … ]
European Commission broadens list of nations falling short in thwarting financing of terrorism and organized crimes. The European Commission has added seven countries including Saudi Arabia, Panama, and Nigeria to a blacklist of nations that [ More … ]
Turkey-EU relations have had their ups and downs; however, the last three years have been really trying times. A turning point was the July 2016 failed military coup attempt. The EU failed to support the [ More … ]
European Parliament’s (EP) vote today could stop the export of dangerous surveillance equipment to rights-abusing governments, according to a coalition of international NGOs. The vote, on European Union’s (EU) export control regime for dual-use items, [ More … ]
Two days ago, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi visited Cyprus, met with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and held separate meetings with the state’s senior officials, including the Parliament President Demetris Syllouris. In a press conference, Al-Sisi thanked Anastasiades [ More … ]
BY: F. William Engdahl* The geopolitical template of the entire European Union is undergoing one of its most profound changes since the collapse of the Soviet Union more than twenty-five years ago. At the June [ More … ]
EU affairs minister says bloc should support Turkey during this difficult period in region Turkey’s EU affairs minister has reiterated that his country wants to be a full member of the European Union and will [ More … ]
High-ranking military, scientists listed over targeting of civilians Sixteen individuals suspected of involvement in Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons program were added to a EU sanctions list Monday. The eight high-ranking Syrian military officials and eight [ More … ]
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* During the G20 Summit in Hamburg, world leaders have to find answers to two important questions: What is the reason behind the damaged relations between member countries and how is the extent [ More … ]
Christian Democrats call for strategic cooperation between EU and Turkey on foreign policy and security issues Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats called for closer EU-Turkey ties, without pledging a full membership perspective, in their election [ More … ]
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