Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Former Egyptian Ambassador and Senior UN official.

Syria May Be the Test Case For Russia's Influence

In the past few years, the Russian Federation has successfully managed to position itself as the major power broker in the Middle East. By doing so it has also been able to regain much of the prestige and influence it gradually lost since the departure of Soviet military advisors from Egypt in 1972…

Seven Challenges Facing the European Role

Given the close proximity of the Middle East to Europe, which in theory, should offer a multitude of reasons to foster interdependence in many fields, it is, therefore, only to be expected that the EU have an interest to play an important role in helping the countries of the region overcome the…

Towards an Arab Initiative to Resolve Syria’s Crisis

Lately we have been picking-up signals about Arab diplomatic engagement on some of the conflicts and disputes that have plagued the Middle East region in the past few years. This is, no doubt, a positive development. Finally, it seems that a realization has dawned that dialogue not confrontation is…