Notebook
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Yemen ‘after’ Saleh: Let the crises continue?
23 Jan 2012
The key priorities for domestic and international crisis management in Yemen must be to work with all political forces in Yemen to prevent an outbreak of major violence as they compete for power and influence in the country, to contain and delimit the threat of AQAP, and to initiate a process of economic stabilisation and recovery.
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Afghanistan between the Bonn Conference and fears of sectarian warfare
8 Dec 2011
On 5 December, the international community marked the tenth anniversary of the conclusion of the...
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What should we expect from the Afghanistan Conference in Bonn?
3 Dec 2011
The 2011 Bonn Conference needs to make clear that the Afghan government and people and their partners in the international community are united in their efforts to make tangible and sustainable progress towards a more stable Afghanistan in an equally more stable region.
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The European Union’s South Ossetia Dilemma
2 Dec 2011
If it wasn’t for the potentially serious ramifications of a further escalation of the current...
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Almost one year on: three lessons from the Arab Spring
25 Nov 2011
When Mohamed Bouazizi, a jobless graduate in the provincial city of Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia,...
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Libya after Gadhafi: Challenges and Opportunities
22 Oct 2011
With Colonel Gadhafi dead and the last major strongholds of his supporters now under the...
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A New Beginning for Libya
20 Oct 2011
The fall of Sirte and the death of Colonel Gadhafi represent most likely the finishing...
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Libya’s Draft Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Stage: Promise and Drawbacks
3 Sep 2011
Circulated widely and well before the Libyan revolution reached its climax so far with the...
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Building a democratic state for the new Libya
25 Aug 2011
Building democratic states is a complex and challenging task at the best of times. After...
