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EU and Turkey at a Crossroads: Avoiding a Foreseeable Break-Up
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EU and Turkey at a Crossroads: Avoiding a Foreseeable Break-Up

As the Turkey-EU membership process has lost its credibility, with neither side honestly believing in Turkey’s accession anymore, this may be the moment for the EU to redefine its relationship with Turkey to regain leverage.

19 December 2016
What Are the Alternatives with the Disappearence of the Two-State Solution?
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What Are the Alternatives with the Disappearence of the Two-State Solution?

The two-state solution as a proposal for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is on the verge of vanishing. Unfortunately, everyone warns that the two-state solution is vanishing without giving an alternative.

12 September 2016
Recognising Palestine, Unrecognising Settlements
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Recognising Palestine, Unrecognising Settlements

Achieving a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a long-standing EU policy objective. Of all the territorial disputes outside Europe, this conflict that has most preoccupied European decisions-makers.

13 June 2016
Turkey and the EU: A New Path Toward a Shared Security Policy
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Turkey and the EU: A New Path Toward a Shared Security Policy

The current geopolitical situation opens space for security cooperation between Ankara and Brussels. Turkey should redefine its strategy to include European priorities, whereas the EU needs to recognise some of the Turkish interests as legitimate.

4 March 2016