Europe: a new role in the Middle East?
By Publicaciones FRIDE (06/11/2007)
In collaboration with Casa de Galicia in Madrid, FRIDE has launched a new series of conferences under the Chatham House Rule, with the participation of Henry Siegman, Director of the US/Middle East Project, lecturer on Middle East issues at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London and non-resident researcher at FRIDE.
Publishing groups: FRIDE in Casa de Galicia
After Bush's Speech, Tony Blair Would Be Well Advised to Stay Home
By Henry Siegman (27/07/2007)
To read President Bush’s speech of July 16 in which he sought to inject new life and a new direction into the Middle East peace process is to understand why his policies in Iraq have been such an unmitigated catastrophe. He is completely out of touch with the most fundamental realities of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
France and the Middle East Crisis
By Isabelle Birambaux (24/04/2007)
On the eve of the hard-fought presidential elections in France, speculation grows as to the impact external actors will have, especially the European Union, on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A group of French experts in foreign policy have offered their opinions to FRIDE on what role Europe, France, the United States, and other actors in the region may now play.
To Palestine, via "Mecca" and "Beirut"
By Mark Taylor (12/04/2007)
Rising tensions in the region make international constructive engagement urgent. The Mecca agreement and the re-affirmation of the Arab League’s Beirut peace initiative are emblematic of the fact that the region's conflicts are interconnected like never before.
