Middle Eastern Politics

As the Israel-Palestine crisis continues to intensify, the EU’s lack of a Middle East strategy becomes increasingly apparent.

Sudan’s descent into war exposes various power struggles and could bring regional tensions to boiling point.

Understanding power dynamics in the Middle East requires Europe to beware of – and shift – its Eurocentric lens.

“War,” said the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus, is the “father of all things.” In view of the bloody – indeed barbaric – events in the Middle East (and in Iraq and Syria in particular), one might be tempted to agree, even though such ideas no longer seem to have a place in the postmodern worldview of today’s Europe.