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Proxy Wars and Spheres of Influence in Post-Isis Syria

Proxy Wars and Spheres of Influence in Post-Isis Syria

In the last years of the 2010s, the competitive intervention of rival powers in the Syrian crisis escalated into a contest to carve out spheres of geo-political influence in the country.

 4 September 2020
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The Civil War in Syria: The Variety of Opposition to the Syrian Regime

From the outbreak of unrest in March 2011, Syria’s political opposition was divided between internal and external players.

 4 September 2013

Evolution and Outlook of the Syrian Crisis

The Syrian crisis has become a tough knot to unravel. The relentless battle that Bashar al-Assad’s regime is waging against the opposition is compounded by the intrigues of the regional powers.

 2 September 2013

Mali and the Sahel: From Crisis to Military Intervention (2013)

The thirteen-month period from January 2012 to February 2013 is crucial to understanding the situation in Mali and, by extension, in the Sahel.

 20 August 2013

El factor kurdo en el conflicto de Siria

La minoría kurda vive un momento histórico al administrar su territorio tras la retirada del régimen. La relación con la oposición y el proceso de paz en Turquía marcan el futuro.

 21 June 2013

La cuestión kurda

“Los riesgos de provocación son enormes. Un atentado o cualquier crisis vinculada a la cuestión kurda fragilizaría la posición del primer ministro turco, Erdogan”.

 21 June 2013

The European Global Strategy and the Mediterranean

Many recent comments on the EU’s Mediterranean policy come to the conclusion that the challenge raised by the Arab Spring has less to do with existing policies than with a lack of strategy.

 20 June 2013

Malí: ¿un Afganistán en versión 2.0?

Es improbable que el norte de Malí se convierta en un Afganistán. Francia, por su parte, debe africanizar la seguridad y multilateralizar la formación militar lo más rápido posible.

 21 March 2013

Argelia y la crisis maliense

La crisis de Malí ha agravado la sensación de cerco argelina, mientras los focos de tensión se acercan a sus fronteras y el terrorismo interno sigue constituyendo una amenaza.

 21 March 2013

Operación en Malí

“El control del norte del país por parte de grupos extremistas suponía ya un peligro de talibanización de los tuareg. Corríamos el riesgo de que se creara un ‘Yihadistán’ en el centro de África”.

 21 March 2013
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The Conflict in Syria and its Influence on Pluralism and Diversity Management in the Middle East

Fifth session of the cycle “Mediterranean 2013: the consolidation of new powers”, which analyzes the situation in North Africa and the Middle East, addressing current Euro-Mediterranean relations and their future repercussions.

 5 March 2013

Ceasefire Agreements Will Not Work: Activation of the Peace Process is the Solution

The recent ceasefire agreement signed in Cairo between Hamas and Israel was certainly not the first ceasefire since the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007, and unfortunately will not be the last.

 28 November 2012

Security Issues Emerging in the Maghreb and the Sahel after the Arab Spring

The overthrow of the old regimes represents a historic rupture with the long winter of authoritarian stability and a change of paradigm perceptible on various levels.

 23 August 2012