Rym Momtaz

Oct 18, 2024 | carnegieendowment.org | Rym Momtaz

blog Strategic Europe offers insightful analysis, fresh commentary, and concrete policy recommendations from some of Europe’s keenest international affairs observers. Jakub Janda Director of the European Values Center for Security PolicyDiscussing European defense without Poland is like debating military plans without generals in the room. Poland is the regional leader of the Northern-Central-Eastern European area.

Sep 26, 2024 | carnegieendowment.org | Rym Momtaz

Minna Ålander Research fellow at the Finnish Institute of International AffairsNo, it is necessary. Russia’s war in Ukraine the past two and a half years has made it painfully clear that European countries’ responses to this challenge has been inadequate. Europe lacks a coherent defense industrial base, which both reduces production capacity and makes it inefficient.

Sep 17, 2024 | carnegieendowment.org | Rym Momtaz

Strengthening the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) has never been more critical for peace and stability in the Middle East and Europe’s southern flank. But Lebanon’s allies are still struggling to deliver support at scale. Meeting at the “,” officials from Europe, the Arab world, and a handful of other countries successfully mobilized massive humanitarian aid and reinforced crucial diplomatic support for UNIFIL, the UN peacekeepers at the Lebanese-Israeli border.

Jul 12, 2024 | carnegieendowment.org | Rym Momtaz

blog Strategic Europe offers insightful analysis, fresh commentary, and concrete policy recommendations from some of Europe’s keenest international affairs observers.

Jul 8, 2024 | theguardian.com | Rym Momtaz |Mujtaba Rahman |Françoise Boucek |Shahin Vallée |Marion Van Renterghem |Nathalie Tocci

Rym Momtaz: Macron wanted ‘clarification’. What France got was more uncertaintyFrance’s snap elections have produced the most fragmented parliament since Charles de Gaulle founded the Fifth Republic. The two-round majority electoral system was designed to avoid political instability and contain the extremes.