Since 1995, the Barcelona Process has been the EU's grand opening strategy towards Northern Africa and the Middle East. Assia Bensalah Alaoui, a Moroccan law professor and development expert, assessed the EU's policy in an interview with Hans Dembowski.
In many Eastern European and Central Asian countries, media discourse suffers from the freedom of expression not being respected. Nonetheless, the situation is not hopeless, according to Hugh Williamson of Human Rights Watch. He shared his insights in a D+C/E+Z interview, which was finalised shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine.