Julien Barnes-Dacey

Our big @ecfr 360° reaction piece to the Iran conflict, assessing regional & global positioning, risks and implications as the war plays out in devastating fashion across the Middle East - and beyond ecfr.eu/article/a-war-…

The EU should ban all trade/services with illegal Israeli settlements write @AranchaGlezLaya, the former German vice-chancellor/FM, former Italian PM & two former EU Trade Commissioners @ecfr ecfr.eu/article/the-eu…

EU: time to ban all trade with Israeli settlements Ahead of the 🇪🇺 Foreign Affairs Council where this matter will be discussed this is a joint call by @sigmargabriel @PascalLamyEU @EnricoLetta @MalmstromEU and yours truly @ecfr @jbdacey @h_lovatt 👇 ecfr.eu/article/the-eu…

Watch our @ecfr interview with Saudi FM @FaisalbinFarhan yesterday: Riyadh’s reaction to the Iran-US MOU, prospects for a wider deal & new regional security architecture, thoughts on the $300bn investment fund, passage through Hormuz, Gaza & more youtu.be/ov0jVc-Z6cc?si…

Video of @ecfr panel on the Iran-US MOU & wider regional dynamics with @EUSR_Gulf Luigi Di Maio, UAE Policy Planning Director Muath Alwari, ECFR’s Ellie Geranmayeh, moderated by @NathalieTocci at our Annual Council Meeting in Vienna youtu.be/ftGWEGIPHmI

Good to interview Saudi FM @FaisalbinFarhan at @ecfr Annual Council Meeting in Vienna this evening. His first public comments on US-Iran MOU with some clear thinking on Saudi position. Initial thread with some of his comments below and a video to follow

Valuable primer from @h_lovatt on what Euros can do on Israeli settlements "The EU’s focus on unanimity is a distraction & an excuse for inaction" ecfr.eu/article/europe…

Israel is yet to abide by its obligations under the 1st phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal. Here is @ECFRMena's tracker, based on a confidential summary drawn up by Arab mediators in April👇 ecfr.eu/article/rescui…

After suffering from blockades piracy and closures leaders in both Europe and the Gulf have a top priority: ease dependency on chokepoints like Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab. Me and @arturo_varvelli help them think how for @ECFRMena: ecfr.eu/article/bypass…

🔴 NEW commentary by @muhammadshehad2: A Northern Ireland-style decommissioning model could help unlock a path to peace in Gaza. Europe should work with influential Board of Peace members to push the US toward a more realistic approach to Hamas’s weapons. buff.ly/7YeDxHm

Happy to contribute this piece as part of wider @CidobBarcelona project, Peace through strength? Questioning the Middle East’s (dis)order, led by @MoussaBk & @samu_abrami cidob.org/en/publication…

Introducing our @ecfr "Iran Nuclear Monitor," an interactive & continually updated dashboard assessing the state & trajectory of Iran's nuclear program after a year of Israeli & US bombings - authored by Ellie Geranmayeh ecfr.eu/special/iran-n…

Iran’s attacks on the Gulf have convinced Abu Dhabi that accommodation with Tehran has failed. Leaving OPEC reflects the UAE’s turn towards strategic autonomy, harder security alliances and a regional order less constrained by old consensuses, writes @Cinzia_Bianco. @ECFRMena ecfr.eu/article/the-po…

Pact or no pact, essentially a return to the pre-conflict status? Renewed regional diplomacy, but distrust will be deep, won't have any real guarantors, and will still be very vulnerable to rupture if US/Israel renew conflict

On 14 May, President Abbas' party will hold its eighth General Congress which will (re)elect Fatah's top leadership bodies. Its main internal battle lines will be over patronage, not ideology, as senior members vie for power. Here is @ecfr's backgrounder ecfr.eu/special/mappin…

Trump forced truces on Israel - but Netanyahu has 'unfinished' business with Iran and Hezbollah. Europeans must act to prevent the next round. My latest for ECFR: ecfr.eu/article/netany… @ECFRMena @ecfr

Amid deep ongoing challenges in Syria, now amplified by regional war, very useful to exchange with @AsaadHShaibani during an @ECFRMena lunch on the day that the EU & Syria launch their high-level political dialogue

I’m very excited that my book, The Axis of Resistance: Iran, Israel, and the Struggle for the Middle East, is already available in the UK and across Europe. Order your copy here: politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo…

My new report for @CenturyIntl, on what a fight over trucking and the Shara' government's abrupt policy swings tell us about the new Syria: tcf.org/content/report…

Important @WarOnTheRocks piece by Jack Schwartz, who sounds the alarm about the security implications of the renewed mass displacement and humanitarian plight of Lebanon’s Palestinian and Syrian refugees, coupled with the defunding of UNRWA. warontherocks.com/abandoned-and-…