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Liberty’s Doom? Artificial Intelligence in Middle Eastern Security
  • Policy Study

Liberty’s Doom? Artificial Intelligence in Middle Eastern Security

This Policy Study aims to examine these questions and dilemmas raised by AI in the MENA through a European policy lens paying particular attention to border management, surveillance, defence and regulation.

1 mai 2022
Anticipating and Mitigating Side-Effects: The Road to a Successful Green Transition in the Euro-Mediterranean Region
  • Policy Study

Anticipating and Mitigating Side-Effects: The Road to a Successful Green Transition in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

This policy study addresses the questions of energy security and green transition, taking stock of how Southern Mediterranean countries are reacting to the transformation of the global energy and what opportunities are offered by the EU Green Deal.

28 avril 2022
The Role of Egyptian Female Entrepreneurship in the Digital Era post-COVID-19
  • Paper

The Role of Egyptian Female Entrepreneurship in the Digital Era post-COVID-19

This paper explores how in the context of the digitalisation of economies impulsed by the so-called “cloud revolution”, business opportunities are expanding, thus boosting the economy.

27 avril 2022
Gender-Based Violence in Egypt and Morocco: Politics and Policy-Making
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Gender-Based Violence in Egypt and Morocco: Politics and Policy-Making

This paper provides an overview of the contentious politics around violence against women in Egypt and Morocco, and an evaluation of the policies put in place on that matter.

1 avril 2022
Le secteur du transport et de la logistique en Méditerranée Occidentale à l’ère post-covid-19 : Saisir de nouvelles opportunités, accélerer les transitions
  • Report
  • Report

Le secteur du transport et de la logistique en Méditerranée Occidentale à l’ère post-covid-19 : Saisir de nouvelles opportunités, accélerer les transitions

Les impacts de la Covid-19 et de l’avenir du transport et de la logistique dans une optique multisectorielle et multidisciplinaire.

31 mars 2022
From a Fragmented Cooperation to an Integrated Approach – The Emergence of the Maghreb and Sahel Region and its Consequences for the European Union
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From a Fragmented Cooperation to an Integrated Approach – The Emergence of the Maghreb and Sahel Region and its Consequences for the European Union

This paper present the concept of a Maghreb-Sahel regional security complex, a region which gains relevance due to the four key challenges it poses: human smuggling and irregular migration flows, regional conflicts and the presence Jihadist groups.

30 mars 2022
Could the EU’s New Agenda for the Mediterranean Turn Climate Change from a “Threat Multiplier” into an “Opportunities Multiplier”?
  • Paper

Could the EU’s New Agenda for the Mediterranean Turn Climate Change from a “Threat Multiplier” into an “Opportunities Multiplier”?

This paper analyses the level of vulnerability of Mediterranean countries to climate risks and to detect climate warning-related impacts on security, and discusses the implementation of the New Agenda of the Mediterranean.

29 mars 2022
Developing EU Trade Incentives: A Support Tool for Refugee Self-Reliance and Host Community Resilience in Turkey
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Developing EU Trade Incentives: A Support Tool for Refugee Self-Reliance and Host Community Resilience in Turkey

This paper explores how trade facilitation can become a way of supporting sustainable self-reliance for migrants and refugees by analysing their situation in Turkey.

28 mars 2022
Talent Partnerships and future skills needs. Fostering collaboration on human capital development in the Mediterranean
  • Report

Talent Partnerships and future skills needs. Fostering collaboration on human capital development in the Mediterranean

This Policy Report aims to identify possible areas in which Talent Partnerships can be developed between the EU and Southern Mediterranean countries within a mutually-beneficial framework

15 mars 2022
Building Resilience Blocks: How to Improve the Quality of Work for the Egyptian Construction Precariat?
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Building Resilience Blocks: How to Improve the Quality of Work for the Egyptian Construction Precariat?

This paper explores how the notion of precarity applies to informal construction workers in Egypt. It also assesses the government’s intervention during the pandemic regarding informal irregular workers.

3 février 2022
Paradoxical Africanisation of Libya after 2011. Growing influence of sub- Saharan African government, rebel, diplomatic and criminal actors in the post-Gaddafi state
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Paradoxical Africanisation of Libya after 2011. Growing influence of sub- Saharan African government, rebel, diplomatic and criminal actors in the post-Gaddafi state

Libya moved from being an exporter of security to sub-Saharan Africa, as under Gaddafi, to becoming an importer. Some aspects of this multi-dimensional “Africanisation” of Libya are likely to take root.

31 janvier 2022
Youth unemployment in the South of the Mediterranean: A chronic challenge to development and stability
  • Paper

Youth unemployment in the South of the Mediterranean: A chronic challenge to development and stability

The paper aims to provide policy recommendations to address this chronic problem in the region and focuses mainly on Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.

28 janvier 2022