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Sobrevivir a Gaza a través del arte

In January 2025, Sohail Salem, one of Gaza's most renowned artists, arrived to examine the aftermath of yet another Israeli night-time bombing raid on a residential area in Deir al-Balah, near where he and his family had taken refuge. There he found...

 12 December 2025

Los ejércitos, en el centro de las soberanías industriales

The Mediterranean and the Middle East remain two areas where the military continues to play a fundamental role, shaping both political stability and economic architecture.

 12 December 2025

Transferencias internacionales de armas en la región MENA

The Middle East has long been one of the regions that imports the most heavy weapons. The latest SIPRI data on international arms transfers shows that the Middle East accounted for more than a quarter (27%) of global arms imports in 2020–2024. Nort...

 12 December 2025

La nueva república de Al Sisi: un país a dos velocidades

In March 2021, Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al Sisi stated that the inauguration of the New Administrative Capital (NAC), a megaproject that aims to replace the old metropolis of Cairo, marked the ‘birth of a New Republic’.

 12 December 2025

Los conflictos sectarios amenazan la transición siria

As the Syrian transition approaches its first anniversary, the gap between two very different narratives within society about the direction the country is taking is becoming increasingly apparent.

 12 December 2025

Estados Unidos, Rusia y China en el tablero regional

The destabilisation of the US political and governmental system under President Donald Trump's two administrations has provided countless opportunities for its near-peers, Russia and China, which seek to expand their influence in the Middle East.

 12 December 2025

Gaza en ruinas, Palestina a debate: hacer balance en la incertidumbre

The Gaza Strip reaches the end of a war, recognised as genocidal by relevant non-governmental and international organisations, in a state of material and human destruction that even the most pessimistic observers had not anticipated.

 12 December 2025

El Pacto por el Mediterráneo: un intento a la baja de reactivar el partenariado

The new Mediterranean Pact (‘Mediterranean Pact: One Sea, One Pact, One Future’), presented by the European Commission in mid-October 2025, is part of the ongoing Euro-Mediterranean partnership process that began 30 years ago but has never been f...

 12 December 2025

Redefinir las relaciones UE-Magreb

Far from the aspirations of its first signatories, the 30th anniversary of the Barcelona Process has sparked more eulogies than celebrations.

 12 December 2025