Middle East &amp; North Africa

Reports and papers

Pandora’s Box in Syria

28 May 2020 - 13:56

Online report

Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Anticipating negative externalities of a re-entrenching regime

As the Syrian regime re-entrenches, its security, civil and economic practices will generate negative externalities for which Europe is not prepared.

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Research

Europe in the World

Reports and papers

Globalization Paradox and the Coronavirus pandemic

27 May 2020 - 10:17

Source: Graffiti / Unsplash

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How to move forward beyond the emergency phase into recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic? Remco van de Pas makes a plea to policymakers for safeguarding and upholding democratic values.

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Remco van de Pas

Senior Research Associate

Research

Op-ed

A Covid-19 upgrade of EU engagement in the Middle East

25 May 2020 - 12:51

Source: Rock Cohen / Flickr

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What the EU can offer the Middle-East

The corona crisis offers an opportunity for the European Union to shift away from great power politics in the Middle East and towards developmental assistance in the fields of ecology and socio-economics.

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Senior Research Fellow

Events

COVID-19

COVID-19 webinar met Minister Kaag & Corona gezant Feike Sijbesma

07 May 2020 15:15 - 16:15

Source: Families verlaten de hoofdstad, Antananarivo, van Madagascar tijdens de COVID-19 pandemie, World Bank Photo Collection / Flickr

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Introduction

Dit webinar wordt georganiseerd in samenwerking met Cordaid. Minister voor Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking Sigrid Kaag en Corona gezant Feike Sijbesma lichten hun visies uit.

Monika Sie Dhian Ho

General Director

Louise van Schaik

Head of Unit EU & Global Affairs/ Senior Research Fellow

Research

Policy briefs

Covid-19 and conflict in the Middle East

30 Apr 2020 - 10:51

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Source: Workers disinfect Tajrish bazaar against coronavirus, Student News Agency / Wikimedia Commons

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Pandemic or pandemonium?

What are the longer-term impact of Covid-19 on conflicts across the Middle East? Things will get worse before they get better, but the crisis also offers opportunities for creative conflict resolution.

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Senior Research Fellow

Rena Netjes - Former Research associate Clingendael's Conflict Research Unit

Beatrice Noun - Former Junior Researcher Clingendael's Conflict Research Unit

Hasim Tekines - Fomer intern Clingendael's Conflict Research Unit

Research

Security and Defence

Alerts

Defence & Covid-19: Why budget cuts should be off the table

16 Apr 2020 - 11:00

Source: Mediacentrum Defensie

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As the Corona virus spreads the globe, the military is increasingly called upon to face the front-lines of the battle against the virus. Yet, with economic threats, the military budget of countries is in jeopardy, why must budget-cuts be avoided?

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Dick Zandee

Senior Research Fellow

Research

Policy briefs

Tripoli's electricity crisis and its Politicisation

07 Apr 2020 - 15:01

Source: NASA

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How the civil war affects life in Libya's capital

Since April, 2019, Libya has been at war. The electricity infrastructure has become collateral damage of the conflict and its maintenance has been neglected for years. How does this affect Libya's economy, and public safety?

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Reports and papers

Security sector stabilisation and development in Libya

02 Apr 2020 - 14:29

Online report

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One thousand and one failings

After the fall of Qadhafi, multiple actors have attempted to repair centralised governance in Libya. Why did this fail, and what path must be taken when illustrating a post-conflict governance model?

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Senior Research Fellow

Research

COVID-19

Op-ed

The coronavirus stress test for the political establishment

01 Apr 2020 - 13:24

Source: Donald Trump joined by Mike Pence and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, takes questions from the press at a coronavirus update briefing Saturday, March 14, 2020 / The White House

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The coronavirus crisis is reinforcing a shift in values that was already under way in Western society

The coronavirus crisis is reinforcing a shift in values that was already under way in Western society. If we are not vigilant, we will creep steadily towards a surveillance state.

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René Cuperus

Senior Research Fellow EU & Global Affairs

Anne Blanksma Çeta, Principal Strategy Consultant van Glocalities

Research

Policy briefs

EU options for dealing with the Assad regime

30 Mar 2020 - 10:14

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Hope springs eternal

With the Syrian civil war entering its ninth year, the European Union is considering options on a policy towards the Assad regime.

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