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The Post-Pandemic Landscape in Turkey

The article analyses the current Turkish political landscape and the worrying erosion of fundamental rights and freedoms in the country, which is trying to recover from the pandemic in the context of an economic crisis.

 28 July 2022

Youth, Women and Employment in the Mediterranean Region: Continuity and Change

The article discusses the women and youth labour trends and how this year's UfM ministerial conference respond to them in terms of policy making and implementation.

 28 July 2022

The EU-Southern Neighbourhood Relationship in Transition: From ‘Closed’ to Semi-Open Borders in the Mediterranean?

The article analises the European Union's migration policy and its relationship with the Southern Neighbourhood on border control.

 4 February 2025

Impact on the Southern Mediterranean Actors: Mediterranean Ramifications of the Ukraine War

Dire pre-existing conditions, which are reflective of the fragility of the social contract in many Southern Mediterranean countries, have amplified the negative multidimensional effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the more recent war in Ukraine, b...

 19 June 2023

Russian Strategy toward the MENA Region in the Ukraine War Era

The unwillingness of MENA governments to actively support Russia’s war effort or their tendency to pull back from supporting it after their plans for doing so were publicized, shows that there are limits to Moscow’s influence in the MENA region.

 19 June 2023

The Ukraine War and European Energy Dependence and Reconfiguration of Energy Relations

This article first recalls the energy dimension of Ukraine's war preparations, then lays out the major and often brutal transformations in energy systems in 2022, and finally offers perspectives for Europe and the Mediterranean region going forward.

 20 June 2023

Energy Transition and Prospects for Producing Countries in the MENA Region

In light of the recent energy crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, MENA producing countries have advocated, within the international climate negotiations, for a more balanced approach regarding the energy transition.

 20 June 2023

Turkey’s Geopolitical Role. Between National Ambitions, Western Anchors and Russian Sway

As work between Turkey and its Western partners is resuming in 2023, this article aims at identifying, from a Western standpoint, some of the key parameters for their future relations.

 21 June 2023

Israel in 2023: The Nation-State that Is Not, but Might Be

This article addresses the key question that hovers over Israel turning 75, namely what kind of nation-state it will become next.

 21 June 2023