Briefs / Focus / Spot Ons
- Policy Brief
Palestine at the UN: Moving Towards a Consistent European Stance
The PLO/PA is determined to submit its bid for recognition of Palestinian statehood based on the 1967. This historical decision to approach the UN is of equal importance to that of the mutual PLO-Israel recognition in 1993.
8 septembre 2011
- Policy Brief
North Africa’s Intifadas: Is Algeria Next?
The conditions that led to the uprisings in other parts of North Africa have long existed in Algeria. Yet these system challenges have rarely threatened the regime’s existence as long as le pouvoir remained united.
8 septembre 2011
- Policy Brief
The Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy: How to Make it Work for the Arab Mediterranean?
While the EU has proved to be a committed and reliable donor, its cooperation policies have done little in enhancing socioeconomic development prospects in the Southern Mediterranean.
29 juillet 2011
- Policy Brief
The Migration Impact of North African Revolutions and What it Reveals about Europe
North of the Mediterranean, the dominant media message and the prevailing public perception has been that the migration impact of the North African upheavals has been mainly felt in Europe. This is a deeply flawed perception.
28 juillet 2011
- Policy Brief
L’immigration en Méditerranée après le conseil Européen des 24 et 24 Juin 2011
Avec le Printemps arabe, l’UE s’est trouvée prise dans une tenaille politico-sécuritaire, obligée de soutenir l’aspiration à la démocratie, mais cherchant à protéger ses frontières contre des arrivées massives de personnes fuyant l’i...
27 juillet 2011
- Policy Brief
Révolutions arabes et migrations, Schengen face aux accords bilatéraux de contrôle des frontières
Les révolutions survenues sur la rive sud de la Méditerranée en Tunisie et en Libye n’ont pas manqué de susciter des discours alarmistes sur le risque migratoire qu’elles comportaient pour l’Europe.
20 juillet 2011
- Policy Brief
Vers un nouveau paradigme de la politique européenne dans le monde arabe ? Une politique européenne de voisinage réformée (PEV) et l´Union pour la Méditerranée (UPM)
Non seulement les sociétés du monde arabe vivent des moments historiques de leur histoire contemporaine mais, en outre, les relations internationales se trouvent à un point de césure.
28 juin 2011
- Policy Brief
The European Union and the Arab Spring: A (Missed?) Opportunity to Revamp the European Neighbourhood Policy
When the dust of the Arab revolts settles, how should EU policy towards the southern Mediterranean be reframed? The lion’s share of the thinking around this question has been devoted to the European Neighbourhood Policy.
17 juin 2011
- Policy Brief
Reconfiguring Euro-Med Regional Cooperation
Any attempt to reconfigure the Euro-Med framework for regional cooperation needs to build on the emerging geopolitical context of the broader Middle East following the Arab revolutions.
26 mai 2011
- Focus
La Syrie, pourquoi c’est difficile?
Dans un pays qui connait de plein fout les retombés de la crise économique mondiale, où 30% de sa population vit sous le seuil de pauvreté et où la migration rurale étrangle les grandes villes, les remèdes occasionnelles ne dénoueront pas la...
16 mars 2011
- Focus
Egypt’s Revolution: What Are the Prospects?
Considering Egypt’s size and centrality, it is the Egyptian revolution that is likely to carry the revolutionary effect to other corners of the Middle East.
16 mars 2011
- Focus
Jordan Bracing for Strong Winds from Arab Spring
The uprisings have not created new problems for Jordan. In some ways they have negatively affected economic sectors, like tourism and foreign investments, and stirred street protests. But mostly they have accentuated existing problems.
15 mars 2011