Radical Islam and ethno-religious conflict in Nigeria: from independence to Boko Haram
 (689 Kb) By Sébastien Jadot, Guest Contributor to EGF Middle East and Africa Research
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Discussion of the second anniversary of the conflict in Syria
In a recently hosted international panel by Voice of Russia America to discuss the second anniversary of the conflict in Syria, Mikhail Roschin, EGF Affiiated Expert on radical Islam in the North Caucasus and Central Asia speaks about the national uprisings that put Syria on the path to civil war and so far more than 70,000 people have been killed in the violence between rebel opposition groups and the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. To listen to this discussion, please click here.
Islamisation of Civil War in Syria: the Imbroglio Deepens
(508 Kb) By Ben McPherson, Guest Contributor to EGF Middle East Research
Post-Revolutionary turmoil and the rising threat to stability in the Arab World
(497 Kb) By Nora Renger, EGF Middle East Researcher
North Africa after the Arab Spring
(842 Kb) Political Outlook for Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt
EGF Middle East Briefing - Egypt’s New Political Landscape: between Democratization and Old Legacies
Post-Revolution Tunisia: Still Waiting for Economic Recovery
One year after the Jasmine Revolution of January 14, 2011, Tunisia has successfully advanced in its democratic transition and political reform process. The election of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) held on October 23, 2011 was well organised, and for the first time in history, it was fair. Al-Nahdha (which means “renaissance” in Arabic), a moderate Islamic party, won 41 per cent of the NCA seats. READ MORE
Muslim Brotherhood set to dominate Egypt's Parliament
EGF Maghreb Briefing: Security and Stability in Wake of the Arab Spring
In the wake of the “Arab Spring,” Algeria causes concerns as its less than democratic past faces the region’s democratic revolutions. Some eight months after the start of the unexpected uprisings in the region, however, Algeria remains relatively stable. READ MORE
Five good reasons to be sceptical about the ‘Arab Spring’
When a game breaking event takes place in the Middle East once each decade There is a certain understanding amongst Middle East politics experts that a game breaking event of cataclysmic proportions hits the region once every ten years or so. September of this year will mark the 10th anniversary of the unimaginable acts of terrorism which were perpetrated in New York in September 2001 by Arab suicide bombers. These acts of violence catapulted America’s ‘War on Terror’ to the centre of Washington’s foreign policy agenda, opening the way for renewed civil war in Afghanistan and the US-led invasion of Iraq of 2003. READ MORE
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EGF Head of Research, Dr. George Vlad Niculescu, responded recently a query from an Azerbaijani journalist on the prospects for Russian peacekeepers leave Karabakh after the expiration of their mandate. He concluded that peace in Karabakh was rather hanging on the broader balance of power between Russia and Turkey, and it was becoming increasingly entangled with the ongoing Russia-West geopolitical confrontation. In such circumstances, Russian peacekeepers might need to stay in Karabakh beyond November 2025, as a key element of maintaining the local balance of power, and implicitly preserving regional stability and peace in the South Caucasus. READ MORE EGF Affiliated Expert Benyamin POGHOSYAN was interviewed by civilnet.am on the most recent military moves and exchanges of fire across the current line of contact between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces. Watch the interview here EGF Affiliated Expert Yeghia TASHJYAN appeared in a new episode of “Focus on Russia”, where he discussed the complex dynamics between Russia and Turkey in the Greater Middle East region, and explained Russia's role and interests in the Armenia-Turkey normalization process. READ MORE
On March 24-27, 2022, George Vlad Niculescu, Head of Research of the EGF, co-chaired the 23rd workshop of the Regional Stability in the South Caucasus Study Group of the PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes on “Peace Building through Economic and Infrastructure Integration in the South Caucasus”, held in Naples (Italy). Please click here for the programme and agenda outline, here for his speaking points, and here for policy recommendations. On June 10th, 2021, Dr George Vlad Niculescu, EGF Head of Research, participated in the commemorative event: “Uzbekistan and its International Partners: Thirty Years of Independent Statehood, Energy Cooperation, and Openness towards Reform and Investment” organized by the Uzbek Embassy to the Kingdom of Belgium and the E.U. and by the Brussels Energy Club. On that occasion, he delivered a speech highlighting Uzbekistan’s relevance for the European Union strategy in Central Asia and a couple of challenges ahead for Uzbekistan and its Central Asian neighbours. Click here to read his speech. 
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by Naim Ameur
In a recent interview for "The Voice of Russia", EGF Expert on Radical Islamic Movements, Mikhail Roshchin, explained the political dynamics emerging between Islamist and secular political parties in Egypt following recent parliamentary elections. His key message for all stakeholders engaged in the formation of new governance institutions in Egypt was that the Muslim Brotherhood, which now forms the largest political bloc in Egypt's new parliament, is more likely to broker political deals with secular parties rather than develop any sense of "ideological alliances" with other, more radical, Islamist factions. This will most likely remove the concerns over "new shades of green" emerging in the ensuing Egyptian political landscape and lead to further fragmentation of the political environment in advance of the country's looming presidential elections, which are currently scheduled for June 2012. Click ![Egypt_M[1].Roshchin.jpg](/upload/medialibrary/a04/egypt_mf1m.roshchin.jpg "Egypt_M[1].Roshchin.jpg")
by Marat Terterov,