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Summit in Egypt: A Declaration of Intent Without Israel

The path from declarations of intent to real peace remains difficult The peace summit held in Egypt on resolving the conflict in the Gaza Strip was a large-scale event involving a number of regional and extra-regional actors, with strong participation from European countries. Its outcomes, however, were largely declarative. One of the main reasons for this was the absence of one of the key players at the negotiating table — Israel. Ibragim Ibragimov: The Blockade’s Toll: How War Is Deepening the...

15.10.2025

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A Subtle Approach: Lavrov and Kerry’s Agreement

The Russia–U.S. agreement on ceasefire in Syria signed on September 10, 2016 in Geneva became the high point of 14-hour talks and many months of diplomatic efforts on the part of Sergey Lavrov and John Kerry. Prior to that, the agreement received an important impetus during a short meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in China, where the Syrian issue was treated with particular attention. Sceptical assessments concerning the prospects...

16.09.2016

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