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As the US midterms loom, the Republican choice is surrender—or lose
Geopolitika · ECFR · SAD · 22. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

A loyal voter base is allowing Trump to dominate the Republican Party and strengthen his control before the midterms. Now his sidelining of Congress is weakening the traditional checks on presidential power

Rescuing the Gaza ceasefire: What to do with Hamas’s weapons
Geopolitika · ECFR · Bliski Istok · 22. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

A Northern Ireland-style approach to decommissioning could help unblock the path to peace in Gaza

Bypassing the straits: The India-Middle East-Europe corridor needs a wartime redesign
Geopolitika · ECFR · Bliski Istok · 22. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

The Iran war has exposed the limits of an economic corridor built for peacetime. Europeans should rethink the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor for a region where trade routes are now strategic targets

Iran nuclear monitor: Month by month
Geopolitika · ECFR · Bliski Istok · 22. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Mark Leonard, Kelsey Davenport and Ellie Geranmayeh introduce ECFR’s Iran nuclear monitor, and discuss the key risks and scenarios associated with Iran’s current nuclear capacity

How China’s silent coercion has Europe sanctioning itself
Geopolitika · ECFR · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Beijing no longer needs to actively deploy economic coercion to shape Europe’s economic agenda in its interest

Ahmed Sarhan*
Geopolitika · ECFR · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Ahmed Sarhan (أحمد سرحان) was a senior commander in the Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC). He served on the group’s top military committee and was killed in May 2025 during an Israeli operation to capture him in Khan Younis. Sarhan join…

Iyad al-Husni*
Geopolitika · ECFR · Bliski Istok · 20. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Iyad al-Husni (إياد الحسني) was a senior member of the al-Quds Brigades — the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike in Gaza City in May 2023. In August 2022, he replaced Khalil al-Bahtini (also assassinated by Israel) as the …

Dalal Iriqat
Geopolitika · ECFR · Kina · 19. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Dalal Iriqat (دالل عريقات), born in Jerusalem in 1982, is an assistant professor of diplomacy and strategic planning in the College of Graduate Studies at the Arab American University in Palestine. In May 2026, Iriqat was elected to Fatah‘s Revolutionary Council, receiving …

Hussein Hamayel
Geopolitika · ECFR · Kina · 19. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Hussein Hamayel (حسين حمايل) was appointed governor of Jericho and the Jordan Valley in March 2024, replaced Jihad Abu al-Asal. In May 2026, Hamayel was elected to Fatah‘s Revolutionary Council.

Eyad Safi
Geopolitika · ECFR · Bliski Istok · 19. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Eyad Safi (إياد صافي) was born in the Gaza Strip in 1980. In May 2026 he was elected to Fatah‘s Central Committee.

Musa Abu Zaid
Geopolitika · ECFR · Globalno · 19. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Musa Abu Zaid (موسى أبو زيد), born in 1962, was elected to Fatah‘s Central Committee in May 2026. He has been the head of the Palestinian Authority‘s General Personnel Council. He is also chairman of the Palestinian National School of Administration.

Adnan Ghaith
Geopolitika · ECFR · Globalno · 19. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Adnan Ghaith (عدنان غيث) has been a member of Fatah’s Central Committee since May 2026, and the Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem Governor since August 2018. He has been a life-long Fatah activist and lives in Jerusalem’s Silwan neighbourhood. Ghaith was the Fatah movement’…

Taysir al-Bardini
Geopolitika · ECFR · Bliski Istok · 18. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Taysir al-Bardini (تيسير البرديني), born in 1969 in Rafah city (Gaza), is a long time Fatah activist and former militant and prisoner. In May 2026 he was elected to the Fatah Central Committee. During the 1980s he joined Fatah’s shabiba student youth group. He soon took up …

Yasser Abbas
Geopolitika · ECFR · Globalno · 18. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Yasser Abbas (ياسر عباس) was born in 1962 in Qatar. He is the chairman of the UAE-based Falcon Holding Group, an investment firm with an annual income of $35 million, and reported interests in tobacco, insurance and mechanical engineering. He is the eldest son of Palestinian Auth…

Laila Ghannam
Geopolitika · ECFR · Globalno · 18. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Dr. Laila Ghannam (ليلى غنام) has been the governor of Ramallah and al-Bireh since 2014. In May 2026 she was elected to Central Committee of the Fatah party. From 2008 until 2014 she was member of Fatah’s leadership committee for the governorate. Ghannam was previously a lecturer…

The postwar UAE and the remaking of Gulf politics
Geopolitika · ECFR · Bliski Istok · 15. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Iran’s attacks on the Gulf have convinced Abu Dhabi that accommodation with Tehran has failed. Leaving OPEC reflects the UAE’s turn towards strategic autonomy, harder security alliances and a regional order less constrained by old consensuses

The future of liberalism
Geopolitika · ECFR · SAD · 15. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Mark Leonard welcomes Curtis Yarvin to discuss the ideas reshaping figures in Silicon Valley and the American right, and what the future holds for liberalism

Zakaria Zubeidi
Geopolitika · ECFR · Globalno · 14. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Zakaria Zubeidi (زكريا الزبيدي), born in 1976 in Jenin refugee camp, has been a member of Fatah since 1989. He was a senior commander in Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades during the second intifada and reportedly a member of the Palestinian Authority’s security forces. He was firs…

Moldova: The EU frontrunner outrunning Russia
Geopolitika · ECFR · Europa · 13. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Jessica Hendrick is joined by Dumitru Alaiba and Maia Machavariani to explore why Moldova is one of Europe’s most closely watched test cases—and what the country’s latest developments reveal about its political direction

Trump in Beijing: Why the game stays the same for Europe
Geopolitika · ECFR · Kina · 13. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Donald Trump is in Beijing, but Europeans should not expect decisive guidance or a grand bargain with Xi Jinping. They should instead focus on managing their own exposure to Chinese risks

In a joyful Budapest, with the populists routed, I saw the chance of an unprecedented transition
Geopolitika · ECFR · SAD · 11. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

With the ejection of Trumpian hero Viktor Orban, Hungarians demanded a restored democracy. Now, Europe must support them

Netanyahu’s unfinished wars: How Europe can stop the next round
Geopolitika · ECFR · Bliski Istok · 11. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Netanyahu promised Israelis a “new Middle East”; Trump imposed ceasefires instead. Now, the Israeli PM’s reliance on Washington gives Europeans and Arab partners an opportunity to preserve the fragile peace and stabilise Lebanon

The battle for the mind: How Europe can stay safe in the cognitive threat era
Geopolitika · ECFR · Globalno · 11. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Under a barrage of cognitive warfare, European governments need institutions designed to interpret threats, coordinate responses and act fast

Rethinking democracy
Geopolitika · ECFR · Globalno · 8. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

This week, Mark Leonard is joined by David Runciman, British political theorist and philosopher, to explore whether today’s sense of crisis really marks the end of democracy—or something more complex. As the global order fragments, Runciman argues that democracy itself is not dis…

Baha al-Baalosha
Geopolitika · ECFR · Bliski Istok · 7. svibnja 2026. · Think-tank

Baha al-Baalosha (بهاء بعلوشه) is a member of Fatah‘s Revolutionary Council. According to Israeli news reports, Baalosha is a senior official in the Palestinian Authority‘s General Intelligence Service who has channel financial support to the Popular Forces — an…

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