A long-awaited “deal” gives Israel’s right wing what it wants. Of the many proposals for an Israeli-Palestinian peace rolled out over the decades, circumstances made the one President Trump announced on Tuesday the hardest to take seriously. While Mr. Trump …

In partnership with the Council for MENA Affairs “ ForMENA” , the CoE Arabic Society organised the Arab Week between  11th and 16th April 2016 at the College of Europe in Bruges – Belgium . The countries represented were Egypt, …

The College of Europe Arabic Society is happy to announce the Arab cultural week, in partnership with the Council for MENA Affairs – ForMENA” The College of Europe will host between 11 – 16 April 2016 series of activities organized …

Brussels – The Council for MENA affairs « ForMENA » hosted on Wednesday the 7th of September 2015 at its headquarters in Brussels, a delegation of 25 Arab diplomats representing the ministries of foreign affairs, international cooperation and planning in …

Communiqué de presse Paris – France, le 4 septembre 2016 FORMENA confirme sa pleine satisfaction des mesures prises par la Commission électorale palestinienne pour la préparation des élections des conseils locaux qui se tiendront le 8 octobre 2016 dans les …

By: King of Jordan Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein (*) In my previous five discussion papers, I put forward several ideas and visions related to Jordan’s political reform path. These included advancing crucial democratic practices, identifying the roles of stakeholders …

By: Robin Wright, for The New Yorker (*) In the Middle East, few men are pilloried these days as much as Sir Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot. Sykes, a British diplomat, travelled the same turf as T. E. Lawrence (of …

Arabs make up just 5% of the world’s population, but they account for about half the world’s terrorism and refugees The Economist (*) IN DECEMBER 2010 Egypt’s cabinet discussed the findings of their National Youth Survey. Only 16% of 18-29-year-olds …

By: Tom Perry (editing by David Stamp) , for REUTERS (*) Twenty-six years after being forced from Lebanon’s presidential palace and into exile by the Syrian army, Michel Aoun is set to be elected head of state on Monday, backed …

By ; Younes Hassar, for International Policy Digest (*) Whole cities have been destroyed. Massacres and unspeakable atrocities have been visited upon an increasingly weary and desperate population. A growing flow of refugees and displaced persons wander across the roads …