In December, the EU moved from informal leverage to formalised conditionality, tying budget disbursements and security assistance more tightly to […]
Europe’s Africa bargain hardens — migration control becomes fiscal conditionality Read Post »
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Fighting has not fully resumed. Aid continues to move. But by mid-December, negotiations over governance and long-term security arrangements have
Gaza’s phase-two drift: a ceasefire without a political architecture Read Post »
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Nearly a year after the truce took effect, the UN says verified civilian deaths have continued to rise, while infrastructure
Israel’s reopening of the Zikim crossing created a direct aid entry point to northern Gaza, but the UN says the
Gaza’s ceasefire enters the logistics phase — and the bottlenecks are now political Read Post »
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The first EU–Egypt summit in Brussels formalised a strategic partnership backed by €7.4bn — tying trade, investment and research cooperation
EU reaches for Egypt as it builds a new Mediterranean security bargain Read Post »
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The deal’s first stage hinges on tight timelines: a pause in fighting, a hostage-for-prisoner exchange and an Israeli pullback to
A Gaza ceasefire framework is agreed — but phase one is the easy part Read Post »
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