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The Gaza War in the Regional Context

The Middle East is undergoing a profound transformation – it is being remade. But the process of remaking is complex and hardly reflects the vision of the remakers.

 9 July 2026

Old News from a Dubious Mediterranean City

Mostar is often described through its bridge. Tanja Miletić chooses a different path. She reads the city through a book: Mediterranean: A Cultural Landscape, by the Bosnian playwright Predrag Matvejević.

 2 July 2026

Libya’s Political Transition Put to the Test by Power-Sharing: Maintaining the Balance in the Name of Stability

Power-sharing arrangements in Libya tend less to pave the way for political transformation than to reactivate arrangements among elites aimed at preserving their positions

 1 July 2026

From Crisis Governance to Civic Renewal: Can Lebanon Reinvent Its Political System?

Is Lebanon at the dawn of a genuine opening with the coincidence of a new reformist executive, a weakened Hezbollah and a state apparatus with access to international financing?

 1 July 2026

Climate Mobility: A Look into the Future of Migration Movements across the Mediterranean Region

A comprehensive approach to climate-mobility governance must focus on assisting those already displaced and people on the move, and supporting vulnerable communities wishing to stay by.

 1 July 2026

The Coloniality of Care: How Europe Is Reviving Colonial Labour to Sustain Its Ageing Societies

AulaMed article by Sara R. Farris, Reader in Sociology at the Goldsmiths University of London, and speaker of the Aula Mediterrània 2025-26 lecture series.

 30 June 2026

Leftist Parties’ Trajectories in the Middle East and North Africa

AulaMed article by Francesco Cavatorta, speaker of the Aula Mediterrània 2025-26 lecture series.

 30 June 2026

Beyond Ukraine and Moldova, Armenia’s Progress towards EU Membership

Power-sharing arrangements in Libya tend less to pave the way for political transformation than to reactivate arrangements among elites aimed at preserving their positions

 30 June 2026

Economic Growth and Informality: Exploring Their Bidirectional Relationship through the Literature

Recent evidence from Egypt, Iraq and Jordan shows that informality is deeply linked to structural vulnerabilities, low economic diversification and weak social protection systems.

 30 June 2026

Great Power Competition from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf

The Middle East wars of the past three years were driven by local disputes but they steadily led the US to play a central role and forced Russian and China to adapt.

 29 June 2026