Cinzia Bianco
Cinzia Bianco is a Research Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, focusing on the Arabian Peninsula/Gulf and relations with Europe. She contributed to outlets such as the Middle East Institute, the Middle East Policy Council, and the Italian Review of Geopolitics "Limes". She is also an analyst with the US-based firm Gulf State Analytics. She holds a Master's Degree in Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King's College London, and a PhD from the University of Exeter (UK). Her PhD research focused on the evolution of Gulf security after the 2011 Arab uprisings.
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The European interest lies in supporting a return to the Iranian nuclear deal and a regional dialogue between the Gulf monarchies and Iran, an approach that is more likely to promote lasting stability. Europeans can support this process in three steps: by strengthening their own regional security posture, confronting head-on the geopolitical tensions at the heart of regional rivalries and launching a confidence-building framework
This paper unpacks individual GCC perceptions and positions on Iran and advances policy ideas on how Europeans can navigate them geopolitically. Link: https://ecfr.eu/publication/gulf-of-difference-how-europe-can-get-the-gulf-monarchies-to-pursue-peace-with-iran/
The European interest lies in supporting a return to the Iranian nuclear deal and a regional dialogue between the Gulf monarchies and Iran, an approach that is more likely to promote lasting stability. Europeans can support this process in three steps: by strengthening their own regional security posture, confronting head-on the geopolitical tensions at the heart of regional rivalries and launching a confidence-building framework
This paper unpacks individual GCC perceptions and positions on Iran and advances policy ideas on how Europeans can navigate them geopolitically. Link: https://ecfr.eu/publication/gulf-of-difference-how-europe-can-get-the-gulf-monarchies-to-pursue-peace-with-iran/
I have contributed to author the Background Paper (page 23) which reviews the latest global, regional and domestic roots of conflicts and strategic trends and asks how to define security and stability in todays' boiling Middle East.