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A Renewed Focus on Investment, Competitiveness and Jobs: A New Normal in Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation?

The article provides a brief overview of the main trade agreements on the South Shore of the Mediterranean is presented; the next section presents the main challenges facing these association agreements; and the last section concludes and provides so...

 21 octubre 2021

The Externalization of EU Policies in the Renewed Partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood: The Potential Impact of the New Mediterranean Agenda

The externalization of EU policies is at the core of the 2021 “New Mediterranean Agenda.” In order to evaluate how it will further develop this externalization, a first part of this article will analyze its genesis and main characteristics. The s...

 18 agost 2021

Is Lebanon Still Redeemable?

In an alarming report published at the beginning of this summer, the World Bank declared that Lebanon’s financial and economic crisis is likely to rank in the top 10 most severe crises episodes globally since the mid-19th century.

 18 agost 2021

Jordan: A Centenary in Sombre Mood, with Cautious Hope for Reform

Covid-19 has shaken an economy already facing structural challenges.

 16 agost 2021

Egypt: Between Internal Fragilities and Regional Ambitions

Hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Egypt of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is now having to reckon with the political and socio-economic consequences of the health emergency that risks aggravating what is already a difficult situation.

 15 agost 2021

The Geopolitics of Pandemic-related Assistance to the Western Balkans

Covid-19 brought to the surface many structural vulnerabilities in the Western Balkans, a European periphery marked by its weak economies and inefficient and underfinanced healthcare and social welfare systems.

 12 agost 2021

The 5+5 Dialogue after 30 years: Prospects and Challenges for Western Mediterranean Cooperation

Over the last 30 years, the Mediterranean Basin has witnessed countless initiatives to promote dialogue and cooperation between both shores of the Mare Nostrum.

 11 agost 2021

Re-examining Two Key Accession Processes: The Cases of North Macedonia and Serbia

The EU’s enlargement policy has been in permanent crisis since the autumn of 2019.

 11 agost 2021

The Cyprus Conflict: New Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean

Even for the standards of a conflict-ridden place such as Cyprus, the period between May 2020 and May 2021 can hardly be described as a good one.

 9 agost 2021

Libya: General Overview of the Country

Today, Libya is filled with talk of elections, anxiety over political misconduct and the tentative hope of a reconciliation process.

 8 agost 2021

Tunisia, 10 Years after the Promising Spring: The Harsh Realities of the Democratic Transition

Tunisia's young democracy has quickly run out of steam in less than a decade. Yet it has achieved some undeniable feats in just a few years.

 7 agost 2021

Outlawing Golden Dawn: Dealing with Right-Wing Extremism in Greece

After a high-profile trial that lasted over five years, a Greek court ordered Golden Dawn’s leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos and many former members of the party to begin serving their prison sentences.

 5 agost 2021