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France and the Mediterranean

France “and” the Mediterranean or France “in” the Mediterranean? Despite their great similarity, these two options are nonetheless profoundly different.

 29 June 2018

Whatever Happened to the Spirit of Barcelona?

Forged in the heady mid-nineties when it seemed that the bad old days of superpower rivalry were behind us, the Barcelona Declaration now looks like a high point for multilateralism in what the EU now terms the ‘Southern Neighbourhood.’

 27 June 2018

The State of Arab Media since 2011

Arab media have been used as a propaganda tool in accentuating discord among Arab states, which further divided the region into sectarian, economic, and political loyalties, and divided each Arab society into groups.

 26 June 2018

The Crisis of the European Project and Its Consequences for the Euro-Mediterranean Agenda

Whatever the depth of the European project’s ‘crisis,’ it is a ‘dual’ phenomenon, one internal, and the other external.

 25 June 2018

Academic Freedom in the MENA Region: Universities under Siege

Before 2011, in some countries throughout the Arab world, universities were the safe havens of relatively free speech and, at times, even critical debate in an otherwise heavily censored public political discourse.

 25 June 2018

Short-term Wins, Long-term Risks: Human Trafficking and People Smuggling in the Mediterranean Area

Since the Valletta Summit held at the end of 2015, the European Union (EU) as a bloc and more so through the direct initiatives of some if its Member States has expanded its efforts to address the migrant crisis.

 21 June 2018

Rethinking Europe’s Comparative Advantage in the Mediterranean

The notion that the EU is no longer the only game in town in its wider neighbourhood has become commonplace.

 20 June 2018

The ‘Renovated’ European Neighbourhood Policy and the New European External Investment Plan for Africa and the EU Neighbourhood

The implementation of the ENP mid-term review, the EUGS and the EIP are three indicators of the progressive reorientation of the EU’s external action in its neighbourhood.

 18 June 2018

The New Culture of Youth in the Mediterranean Region: Media, Technologies, Politics, Economy and Youth

Whatever else the Arab Spring might have achieved, the global attention it attracted created a moment of recognition between the North and the South especially among young people.

 18 June 2018

Training of Imams and the Fight against Radicalization

Public concern about the training of imams has been a shared feature of debates in many European countries for more than a decade now.

 18 June 2018

The New Mediterranean Geopolitical Framework from the EU Perspective

The Barcelona Process generated a wave of optimism, which spread with the launch of the European Commission-funded MEDA programmes, created both as a support for government policies and to stimulate civil society.

 15 June 2018

Rural Migrations and Mediterranean Agricultural Systems

As a result of the global incorporation of local economies, the Mediterranean rural world is undergoing an intense ‘modernization of its agricultural sector.’

 13 June 2018