Middle East

Do you agree with the view the the European/EU policy towards Egypt is confused? If not - why - notification please
— On security/Lundin (@londil) February 29, 2016

5 Years after Arab Spring 1 Democracy 5 Autocracies 3 Failed States pic.twitter.com/oCPKkc5n8w
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) January 12, 2016

Den arabiska sommaren https://t.co/qs3RAlhJnh pic.twitter.com/1N2LTFzmyY
— On security/Lundin (@londil) January 13, 2016

Likely follow on to executions in Saudi Arabia? More ..
— On security/Lundin (@londil) January 3, 2016

Interesting data https://t.co/ST58cCtkDH
— Bitte Hammargren (@bitteham) February 8, 2016

The launch of SIPRI Director Dan Smith's book will be streaming live at 5:00 (CET): https://t.co/BBZ7HC9fP6 @dansmith2020 @bitteham
— SIPRI (@SIPRIorg) January 20, 2016

The Arab winter | The Economist https://t.co/6ZrmUZO1lI pic.twitter.com/0JKSuszd81
— On security/Lundin (@londil) January 10, 2016

Debate w/@FedericaMog on #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #SouthSudan - summary & link for those who missed yesterday https://t.co/IrL5JjmtO7
— AFET Committee Press (@EP_ForeignAff) October 28, 2015

Kissinger: In the Middle East, the enemy of our enemy is often our enemy. #ACawards #EverybodyFightingInSyria
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) October 2, 2015

EU grants Egypt 609 million euros for development http://t.co/D6LofnSdCt
— EIN EU Politics (@EINEUPolitics) August 29, 2015

Ägyptens Staatschef Al-Sissi hat ein Anti-Terror-Gesetz gebilligt, das Strafen für Journalisten ermöglicht. (nd) http://t.co/ANBiyHMpjq
— ZEIT ONLINE (@zeitonline) August 17, 2015

Lebanon’s Un-collected Problems | Crisis Group http://t.co/VULPUU3fGn
— On security/Lundin (@londil) August 29, 2015

To call a new Egyptian antiterrorism law tough is an understatement. Listen to Nathan Brown discuss on @npratc: http://t.co/oEta0igZ34
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) August 24, 2015

THE EU strategic review:

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#Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is now at a turning point. Read Nathan Brown and @MicheleDDunne’s analysis: http://t.co/JzpPLnrsSF
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) August 1, 2015

Here is my lecture (as video) on "The end of the #MiddleEast as we know in" in Stockholm @UISweden: http://t.co/wTutt0NkZR
— Volker Perthes (@volkerperthes) June 9, 2015

Which means? https://t.co/ZaTNIY2Kqg
— On security/Lundin (@londil) April 21, 2015

EP on MENA http://t.co/MwpmepEbyW
— On security/Lundin (@londil) July 21, 2015

IRIN Middle East | Jordan's refugees - a human timeline of regional crisis | Jordan | Refugees/IDPs http://t.co/olnRe5SXin
— On security/Lundin (@londil) May 3, 2015

Links to Crisis group pages:

Middle East & North Africa
Syria & Lebanon Lebanon Syria Iraq Iran & the Gulf Iran Bahrain Iraq Jordan Saudi Arabia Yemen Israel/Palestine North Africa Algeria Egypt Libya Mauritania Tunisia Western Sahara

My Special pages:

Arab spring in youtube videos

Democracy in the Middle EASt

.@DmitriTrenin: Putin has signaled a “new departure” for Moscow’s policy in the Middle East. http://t.co/iASLKUpkfF
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) April 20, 2015

How has the #IranDeal sharpened the sectarian divide in the Gulf? @FWehrey explains: http://t.co/7Igm9OOecD pic.twitter.com/ZMrFziy2eZ
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) April 19, 2015

Echoes of Nasser? @MicheleDDunne describes how #Egypt’s nationalists dominate in a politics-free zone: http://t.co/DPZyZZ0GIF
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) April 18, 2015

Three countries in free fall
Syria, Libya, Yemen

On the future of the Middle East from Harvard Gazette:

“It would be lovely to imagine a pluralistic, democratic set of states in the region they could substitute for the autocratic nation-state or for a congeries of unpleasant, self-protecting, and violent militias. But that’s a pipe dream right now relative to the reality on the ground,” said Feldman. “You can’t get pluralistic democracy unless you first have states that are functioning, and we don’t have functioning states. So the first step has to be to produce functioning states, and only then would it be even conceivable, though by no means guaranteed, to start talking about generating functioning democratic governments.”