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The coup in Mali: the result of a long-term crisis or spillover from the Libyan civil war?

Roland Marchal
15 May 2012

The current crisis in Mali is built on four dynamics that have their own effects: the debatable implementation of previous peace settlements with Tuareg insurgenc...

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How the West can get on the right side of history in the re-awakening Arab world: David Gardner 9 May 2012
The reign of Arab strongmen supported by the West is drawing to an end. Europe has the duty and the opportunity to get on the right side of history, and to assist in reform and reconstruction, if and when requested. Policy should be driven by a blatant bias towards democracy and its defenders, the support of competitive politics and op... more
Youth integration and job creation in the Middle East: Jad Chaaban 4 May 2012
The Middle East and North African region is currently faced with one of the toughest socioeconomic challenges in its modern history: a ‘‘youth bulge’’ of almost 100 million young people, of which a quarter are unemployed. Between 40 and 50 million new jobs need to be created in the region’s countries over the next decade, and this impl... more
China in view of the U.S.’s “return to the Asia-Pacific”: Xulio Ríos 2 May 2012
The U.S.’s return to the Asia-Pacific region poses an enormously important challenge to China and could define the overall tone of the bilateral relationship. The author offers a portrait of China’s reaction to the conflict with the greatest potential to destabilise the most economically dynamic region on the planet. more
Exclusion: a hidden driver of Pakistan’s fragility: Clare Castillejo 26 April 2012
Deep rooted patterns of exclusion are driving Pakistan's fragility. However, these have not been given sufficient attention by the international community. This policy brief examines the complex relationship between exclusion and conflict in Pakistan and explores how international actors can respond to this. more
Regional implications of the conflict in Syria: a view from Israel: Yossi (Joseph) Alpher 20 April 2012
Syria is geo-strategically, historically and politically the most central of Middle East countries, hence the over-riding importance of the conflict there. The competing regional interests makes any discussion of the regional implications of that conflict necessarily highly speculative. more
The “dark side” of the Syrian transition and its potentially dire regional consequences: Philippe Droz-Vincent 20 April 2012
Quite differently from the Libyan case, international actors do not hold the decisive key to the Syrian case on their own increasing the importance of regional players. However, with multidirectional interventions playing out without a unified Syrian opposition or a viable alternative to the regime, regional actors risk worsening the i... more