Since the early 1990s promoters of European democracy have sought to further political reform in the Arab world through so-called reform programmes based on notions of equality and local ownership (the ENP, the Barcelona Process, and a host of bilateral reform initiatives).European reform...

Middle East regional security is changing rapidly. The Arab Uprisings and the Syrian civil war are changing not only the relationship between state and society, but also some of the region's core norms and historical divisions. This report analyses key changes in regional security in the Middle...

Since the early 1990s promoters of European democracy have sought to further political reform in the Arab world through so-called reform programmes based on notions of equality and local ownership (the ENP, the Barcelona Process, and a host of bilateral reform initiatives).European reform...

In this paper Helle Malmvig argues that traditionally Denmark has not been very involved in the Middle East. In the 1950s and 1960s, Denmark, much like tiny Thumbelina, adapted to the great-power realities of the day. During the Cold War Denmark was caught in the European Cold War rivalry, and...

This paper argues that the EU’s strategy towards the Southern Mediterranean states has been marked by a simultaneous presence of two conflicting and mutually incompatible security discourses. Each of these discourses entail different conceptualisations of how security is to be achieved, who is...

Middle East regional security is changing rapidly. The Arab Uprisings and the Syrian civil war are changing not only the relationship between state and society, but also some of the region's core norms and historical divisions. This report analyses key changes in regional security in the Middle...

After years of war, the Syrian state apparatus has fragmented into a loosely knit network of overlapping and competing authorities that hold sway over different areas. Multiple groups are enacting and performing what are perceived to be key state tasks, sometimes living side by side, and...

After years of war, the Syrian state apparatus has fragmented into a loosely knit network of overlapping and competing authorities that hold sway over different areas. Multiple groups are enacting and performing what are perceived to be key state tasks, sometimes living side by side, and...