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Libya calls for the Sufi mediation of Sanusiyya
The March 25th public statements of Libyan Foreign Minister, Moḥamed Abdelaziz, while attending a preparatory meeting for the 25th summit of the Arab League…
Toshka Project or from the ‘Fourth Pyramid’ to an incomplete cathedral in the desert
A fragile equilibrium of seasonal floods and silt was at the basis of the ancient Egyptian agriculture. Such equilibrium accompanied the heirs of the ancient…
“Let them drown!”. Five thousand landings in a week and reception centres in turmoil, EU’s…
Following the terrible shipwreck of last October, the Italian Government has launched Mare Nostrum Operation, a military and humanitarian rescue instrument…
The Egyptian threat environment and the Suez Canal
The demonstrations in Tahrir Square after the ousting of Mohammad Morsi have evolved into the creation of numerous terrorist organizations. These groups…
Egypt, Turkey and Iran: exchanging roles in a tumultuous Middle East
After less than a year of exceptional Egyptian-Turkish rapprochement, the events of June 30, 2013 ruptured this relationship. Similarly, when Egyptian and…
European Parliament election: do we need a new path rather than a new majority?
Over 413 million people from 28 European countries will be called to decide, in less than a month, the conformation that the European Parliament will take on…
What’s up in the EU elections?
by Andrew Rettman BRUSSELS - Russia is rolling out two major projects – a gas pipeline and a Crimea deep water port – with China, as EU countries and the US…
Libya’s problem could be its solution
On the 15th of April, the Jordan ambassador to Libya, Fawaz Artan, has been kidnapped in Tripoli, resulting the last example of Libyan instability. European…
Libya, recent trends and problems to solve in order to achieve security and stability
These days Libya is experiencing strong instability due to a number of factors: the signal that the institution-building process started with the end of the…
The Migrants’ Files: surveying migrants’ deaths at Europe’s door
BRUSSELS - A tide of humanity — people on the run from Africa, the Middle East and Asia — is washing over Europe’s boundaries, and many don’t survive the…