“Tunisia: Should the EU do more?” Courtesy of CEPS At a time of fresh Arab uprisings (in Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon), the country that first sparked a wave of protests in 2011 went to the polls to elect a new president and a new parliament. In free and fair elections that were perceived as […]
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Russia muscling into Middle Eastern energy production
It’s widely acknowledged that Russia uses its vast supplies of oil and gas, along with its position athwart transit routes from Central Asia, as economic and diplomatic weapons, intimidating opponents in Western Europe and subordinating client states in Eastern Europe with the threat of cutting […]