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Mediterranean Central Banks discuss in Split strategies to preserve stability in turbulent times
The VIII Mediterranean Central Banks Annual Conference was held on February 14 in Split (Croatia) and was attended by the governors of the central banks of Croatia, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain, as well as senior representatives of the OECD a...
The EU-funded project MAGIC wants to strengthen the presence of Muslim women’s voices in European media
After 2 years of work, the closing event of the project MAGIC is to take place at the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday 20th March.
EuroMeSCo addresses in Morocco how to move towards a Mediterranean with more inclusiveness and more social justice
EuroMeSCo, the main network of think tanks in the Mediterranean, coordinated by the IEMed, opens a series of conferences in Morocco, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon that will culminate in Brussels.
Hundreds of experts set to discuss and shape the New Agenda for the Mediterranean
EuroMeSCo, the main Euro-Mediterranean network of think tanks coordinated by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), will hold its Annual Conference via zoom on April 15, 10.30 CET. A few weeks after the European Commission and the High...
Lecture by Hamit Bozarslan “40 years of war in the Middle East: 1979-2019”
Historian, specialist in the Middle East, Turkey and the Kurdish question, Bozarslan is the speaker of the session in the framework of the Aula Mediterrània cycle next Thursday 5 March (6.30 pm) at the IEMed. An expert in the Middle East, Turkey and...
Joseph Daher addresses the challenges of Lebanon’s popular protest and the dilemma faced by Hezbollah
Author of Hezbollah: The Political Economy of Lebanon’s Party of God (2016), Joseph Daher offers this Thursday (6.30pm) the conference “Hezbollah and the Lebanese popular movement”. Popular protests against corruption and the political...
CONNEKT will examine what drives youth towards violent extremism to improve prevention
Today in Barcelona a research project funded by the EU begins to study the factors that can influence the radicalisation of youth from 8 countries in the Balkans and the Mediterranean. CONNEKT (Contexts of Violent Extremism in the MENA and Balkan Soc...
Michael Collyer addresses how immigration policy impacts the “hostile environment” in Morocco and Libya
This Thursday, January 30, the Director of Research at the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex, offers the conference “Hostile environments in the Mediterranean” in Barcelona. A political geographer at the University of S...
Renowned expert Stéphane Lacroix presents the fractures, evolution and dilemmas of political Islam
Stéphane Lacroix, Doctor in Political Sciences (Sciences Po) and Researcher at the Center for International Studies and Research (CERI), opens the meeting on Thursday 23 January of the Aula Mediterrània cycle. Professor of Political Science (...
Migration and the situation in the Middle East, highlighted in the Mediterranean Yearbook 2019
More than 60 international collaborators address the main issues of the Euro-Mediterranean region in the IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2019, now available online. The multiple crises affecting the European Union, the rise of nationalisms and migration...