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Syria 'at risk of Balkanisation'

Syria is at significant risk of Balkanisation ,thanks to internal stresses and competing foreign interests since the collapse of the Assad government. The term ‘Balkanisation’ refers to the breaking up of a state into smaller entities, comparable to Yugoslavia’s disintegration

Clash over new EU plans for asylum and migration

The European Council has reached agreement on a raft of policies, which will set the direction for the EU’s new asylum and migration system. The agreement between member states, reached on Monday, comes only six months after the European Council, on 26 June, called for efforts

EU and Qatar launch Strategic Partnership negotiations

On 6 December, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security/Vice-President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas, and the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met in Doha to