Category Archives: 2nd Circle

North African Jihadism and the Post-Mali Conflict Environment

Posted on 15/06/2013 by

I actually don’t have time to focus on my blog (people who know me have a clue why). However, two weeks ago I published another piece with the Jamestown Foundation on the directions in North African Jihadism in the post-Mali conflict … Continue reading →

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The EU and the Mediterranean: Between ambitions and shortcomings

Posted on 24/05/2013 by

Next week (Tuesday 28 May), I will be talking at  İstanbul 29 Mayis Üniversitesi in Uskudar (about 20 minutes walking distance from the Metrobus stop “Altunizade”) about EU foreign policy in the Mediterranean. All welcome!

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Mali, Foreign Intervention, Algeria

Posted on 26/01/2013 by

My latest article for the Jamestown Foundation: The attack on the gas facility at In Amenas highlighted two major problems that will rise to the top of the Algerian government’s policy agenda over the next few weeks: Although Algeria is … Continue reading →

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How experts see 2012..

Posted on 05/01/2012 by

2012 is going to be a rather important year for global politics, as there will be: presidential elections in the U.S., Russia and France; a leadership transition in China; the evolution/involution of the Arab Spring; the challenges faced by the … Continue reading →

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For Profit Jihad: AQIM’s Abou Zeid

Posted on 02/11/2011 by

My latest piece for the Militant Leadership Monitor of the Jamestown Foundation.

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GCC: changing in size, constant in aims?

Posted on 01/11/2011 by

2011 marks 30 years since the establishment of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the organisation made up of the six Arab monarchies of the Gulf region. Originally a geopolitical response to the Khomeinistic revolution and the following Iran-Iraq war, it … Continue reading →

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