Glad to attend this frank discussion on EUForeignPolicy. After years of 'NOs' we heard voices calling for dialogue & acknowledging the negative performance of previous EU policies incl/ towards Syria.
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🇮🇷 🇮🇱 Whether Iran's retaliatory strikes against Israel will be short-lived or game-changing is uncertain, but even at this early stage, the escalation holds some larger strategic lessons that resonate beyond the Middle East, writes GMF's Kristina Kausch. bit.ly/3xD2SfE

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- The whole unit was watching. After the vote, one could hear all over the trench: “YESSS!”

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3⃣In the wake of the latest clashes in the Middle East GMF's Kristina Kausch presents three strategic lessons of the Iran-Israel escalation:
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What we can learn from the 1930s is a) to understand that some leaders and countries are ready to start major wars even if this looks crazy from a liberal-democratic standpoint,

🇪🇺 EU decision-making on the Middle Eastern conflict has been paralyzed for a decade, making it the poster child for broader foreign policy pathologies.

Kristina Kausch argues that the EU must find creative ways to work around paralysis & obstructionism. bit.ly/48WOBYh

EU policy on #Israel / #Palestine was deadlocked for a decade, no wonder EU wasn’t fit to respond. But the EU’s obstructionist problem is much broader…

A Decade of Deadlock: Europe’s Shipwreck on #Palestine Embodies the #EU ’s Blockade Problem

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Glad to see the Spanish government leading efforts to push EU policy on Israel/Palestine toward the only sustainable option: safeguarding the rights and security of Israelis and Palestinians alike.

Wirh palpable frustration, Josep Borrell Fontelles speaks naked truth on #Gaza .

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Endlich

Thank you & gracias for kicking off the super election year 2024, and a memorable debut of German Marshall Fund Madrid.

Heather A. Conley Manuel Muñiz US Embassy Madrid 🇺🇸🇪🇸 Casa de América Beth Sanner Martin Quencez

See you in Casa de América tomorrow - Madrid folks, join us!

GMF is hosting its first event in Madrid with Casa de América and US Embassy Madrid 🇺🇸🇪🇸 on 1/17.

Hear from GMF President Heather A. Conley, and experts Kristina Kausch, Martin Quencez & Beth Sanner, along with Manuel Muñiz of IE University.

Learn more: bit.ly/3NWKLH2

'The West’s relative isolation on the Gaza question heralds a potentially significant loss of global soft power from which China, Iran, and Russia can gain.'

Kristina Kausch via German Marshall Fund

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