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What’s Next for UN Peace Efforts in Libya?
  • Focus

What’s Next for UN Peace Efforts in Libya?

Established after the Libyan Revolution in 2011, UNSMIL has since been aiming to support Libyan national efforts in post-conflict peace-building and transition.

14 diciembre 2015
In Search of a New Balance between Agricultural Trade and Development in the Euro-Mediterranean
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In Search of a New Balance between Agricultural Trade and Development in the Euro-Mediterranean

Growing food commodity prices on world markets, resulting in economic pressures on the MENA region, highlighted the importance of the development of agriculture, which has long been neglected by the policies pursued by national elites.

25 noviembre 2015
Crisis, Conflict and the Political Economy of the Middle East Region
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Crisis, Conflict and the Political Economy of the Middle East Region

Any attempt to understand the political economy of the Middle East must begin with the area´s significance to global capitalism. The discovery of vast supplies of hydrocarbons was to position the Middle East at the center of world politics.

8 junio 2015
Towards a Strong, Inclusive and Transnational Women’s Rights Movement in the Arab World. A Matter of EU-Mediterranean Policy?
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Towards a Strong, Inclusive and Transnational Women’s Rights Movement in the Arab World. A Matter of EU-Mediterranean Policy?

Although women made an important contribution to the Arab Spring, they are no longer playing a comparable role in the reorganization of political life in the Arab transition countries.

4 mayo 2015