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Rethinking the Response to Climate Change Threats in the Mediterranean: Lessons from the Coronavirus Emergency

While restoring global health remains the top priority, it cannot be denied that the strict measures enforced have caused massive economic and social shocks.

 10 September 2020

Proxy Wars and Spheres of Influence in Post-Isis Syria

In the last years of the 2010s, the competitive intervention of rival powers in the Syrian crisis escalated into a contest to carve out spheres of geo-political influence in the country.

 4 September 2020

Inflammable Waters: Turkey’s Strategic Objectives in the Eastern Mediterranean and the East Med Gas Pipeline (EMGP)

The decision of Erdogan to deploy the Fatih drilling ship to perform drilling inside the undemarcated Continental Shelf of the Republic of Cyprus in May 2019 constituted a major turning point in Turkey’s strategy for the eastern Mediterranean.

 1 September 2020

A Ship without a Rudder? The EU Strategy in the Western Balkans

Back in February 2018, the European Commission published its Strategy for the Western Balkans. The Strategy offered a clear path towards reform and EU membership for candidate countries.

 25 August 2020

Uneven Disruption: COVID-19 and the Digital Divide in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

Beyond speeding up the transition towards a more digital world, the COVID-19 pandemic is shining a light on serious equity challenges, as all are not equal in terms of access to the Internet and the capacity to navigate the web.

 20 August 2020

The United States and the Mediterranean in An Age of Shocks

The United States has been a Mediterranean power for well over 200 years, but without devoting much attention to the Mediterranean as a strategic space in its own right.

 17 August 2020

Libya: A Failed State in the Middle of the Mediterranean

The Turkish intervention in Libya has changed the course of the conflict. The heterogeneous coalition of militias which support the Government of National Accord (GNA) has recovered almost all of Tripolitania.

 14 August 2020

Barcelona 95, 25 Years on: Some Political Considerations

Twenty-five years ago, the Final Declaration of the Euro-Mediterranean Conference held in Barcelona in 1995 was approved. This began a new era in the relations between Europe and the Arab Countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean.

 14 August 2020

The Airports of the Maghreb Face the New Century

The Maghreb, in North Africa, is a crucial part of the Western Mediterranean region. The development of transport infrastructure and services on both shores is key to encouraging and strengthening all manner of relations.

 11 August 2020

The “Balkan Route” Three Years after Its Closure

Three years after the closure of the “Balkan route,” thousands of migrants still find themselves stranded in the countries of southeastern Europe without safe and legal pathways to protection in the wealthier northern and western EU Member States...

 31 October 2019

#MeToo and the History of “Hashtag Feminism” in the MENA Region

Before the online viral #MeToo campaign stormed the globe in October 2017, since 2011 there have been several influential social media campaigns championing women’s rights in the MENA region.

 27 October 2019

Russia’s Energy Politics and Its Relevance for the European Union

Since Vladimir Putin has been in power in Moscow, oil and gas have been an integral part of Russia’s strategy to regain influence on the world stage.

 26 October 2019