As protests took place across Iran on Sunday (12 January) for the second day in a row, with protesters defying security forces deployed in large numbers on the streets of Tehran, European powers urged the country to respect the ..
Libya’s renegade ex-general Khalifa Haftar declared a “conditional” ceasefire on Sunday (12 January), amid mounting international pressure, thus ending a nine-month campaign to seize the capital, Tripoli. But just hours ..
Is there a place for the EU in an old-fashioned power politics world, now organized around the confrontation between Washington and Beijing? Brussels needs to learn to balance and counterbalance the two world powers but also find ..
After a year that involved one of the biggest U-turns in recent monetary-policy history, central banks are now hoping for peace and quiet in 2020. This is particularly true for the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Federal ..
NATO took a decisive step in building closer relations with Gulf Cooperation Council countries with the launch in 2004 of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI), which has helped to foster cooperation and deepen common ..