Opinions
Donald Trump’s Weaponization of Sanctions Undermines Diplomacy, US Alliances and the Stabilization of the Middle East
The MENA region is likely to experience renewed upheavals in the not too distant future and given that any conflict or turmoil will impact European interests in a much graver fashion than the US, China and even Russia, such efforts would represent the bare minimum of what one should expect from Brussels and those EU institutions that promote Europe as a “global actor” on the world stage, writes Andrea Dessì, Head of the Italian Foreign Policy Programme & Senior Fellow, Mediterranean and Middle East Programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)