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EU Borders and African Mobility

A new Pact on Migration and Asylum is a key objective of the new Commission. This is yet another attempt to find an agreement on two questions that European policymakers have been debating since 1995.

 6 October 2020

Workers’ Remittances and Economic Growth in MENA Countries: The Role of Financial Development

Migrant remittances play an important role in stimulating economic development and contribute to raising financing as one of the sustainable development goals. Indeed, these funds enhance economic activity in general.

 5 October 2020

Towards a New Social Pact in Morocco? The “New” Development Model and the COVID-19 Crisis

Over 2019 and 2020, the royal and state agenda was r marked by the emergence of the health, social and economic crises linked to the coronavirus and a renewed social unrest challenging the violation of individual freedoms.

 1 October 2020

The British Presence in the Mediterranean Post-Brexit

While even a no-deal exit would fall short of sounding like a British withdrawal from the Straits of Gibraltar or the Levantine Sea, there is little doubt that Brexit will deeply impact the UK’s influence in the Mediterranean.

 29 September 2020

Emmanuel Macron: A Mediterranean Leader? French Policy Towards the Mediterranean

The timid ambition of this Mediterranean revival falls well short of the ambitious Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) project christened at the 13 July 2008 Summit at the Grand Palais by Nicolas Sarkozy.

 28 September 2020

The Arab World and Latin America:Long-standing Migration, an Expanding South-South Partnership

The Latin American-Arab countries partnership is relatively recent. The first ASPA Summit bringing together the two regions was held in Brasilia in 2005. Three more summits have taken place since then.

 26 September 2020

Holding back the Old Demons in the Euro-Mediterranean Region in Post-pandemic Times: Populism and Authoritarianism

The COVID-19 pandemic can, in all respects, be considered among the most consequential geopolitical events of recent times. It has drastically changed our everyday lives and severely hampered economic activities on a global scale.

 24 September 2020

A Renewed Migration Contract Post-Covid: What Next for Migration Governance in the Mediterranean?

2020 has seen not only a fundamental disruption to mobility and migration due to Covid-19, but also the acceleration of ongoing processes and pushing forward with policy pathways that existed before the pandemic in the Euromed region.

 24 September 2020

Turkey and the Corona Crisis: The Instrumentalization of the Pandemic for Domestic and Foreign Policy

The Covid-19 pandemic has caught Turkey off guard. As the corona pandemic hit the country severely, Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) have hastily introduced the preventive measures.

 23 September 2020

Solving the Name Issue: An Act of Political Bravery with a High Political Price

The conflict between the now renamed Republic of North Macedonia and Greece over the use of the term “Macedonia” started at the beginning of the 1990s. What followed was a decade of nationalist escalation.

 23 September 2020

From Fragilities to Resilience: A Strengthened UfM in the Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic

In the span of a few months, the pandemic of COVID-19 has spread to every corner of the world. The socio-economic repercussions of this crisis will be extremely far-reaching, and will likely unfold for years to come.

 22 September 2020

Unequal Gender Relations and the Subordination of Women in the MENA Region: What the Covid-19 Pandemic Has Taught Us

Advances made at the level of closing the gender gap in education and health have yet to materialize into propelling women to decision-making spheres, whether in the household or the public sphere.

 22 September 2020