BEHIND
HAFTAR'S OFFENSIVE
It was clear that setting a negotiating table between Khalifa Haftar and Fayez al Sarraj in Abu Dhabi, a country that has a neutral stance in the Libyan crisis, wouldn’t have produced substantial results. On the contrary, that it would have fueled...
KIDNAPPINGS:
THE ACTIVITIES OF A 007
The case of the kidnapping of the Italian aid-worker Silvia Costanza Romano, which took place in Kenya on November 20, 2018, raises the issue of what is the procedure to be followed for such cases. There are two main actors: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the External Information and Security Agency (AISE). The first operates through the embassy in the country where the event takes place...
THE
REACTIONS OF A THREATENED IRAN
On 25 February
2019, taking by surprise those who are interested in
Iranian affairs, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
filed his resignation letter from the post he has held
since 2013. The man who had negotiated the 2015 nuclear
agreement, the moderate voice in the country's
international relations suddenly decided to leave the
political scene. However, the resignation was dismissed by
President Hassan Rouhani and Zarif remained in place. The
gesture was motivated by a series of internal and
international events...
