Upholding Stability in the Middle East: An Opportunity for Russia–Europe Cooperation?

... reliability are rare commodities in the region and the demand for them is high. Andrey Kortunov: The European Decalogue and the Middle Eastern Duodecim Third, there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution for the region. In some situations (such as Yemen), the United Nations can and should become a key actor; in other cases (such as Iraq), the main role of external powers should be to assist the legitimate government to strengthen positive trends that already take place on the ground. In places ...