Governance & Political Reform

Investing in Anti-Corruption: A Comparative Analysis of the EU’s Anti-Corruption Approach in the Southern and Eastern Neighbourhoods

Investing in Anti-Corruption: A Comparative Analysis of the EU’s Anti-Corruption Approach in the Southern and Eastern Neighbourhoods

This policy brief offers recommendations to strengthen frameworks, engage civil society, promote transparency, foster international cooperation, and emphasise the role of political commitment in effectively fighting corruption.

 15 June 2023
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Covid-19 and Soaring Unemployment in the Mediterranean

As elsewhere in the world, Covid-19 has disrupted the markets of Mediterranean economies. Indeed, the imposition of restrictions, at the local level as well as for relations with the outside world, has had impacts, although different from one country...

 2 November 2021

Russia in the Mediterranean and the Middle East

Russia’s ongoing military involvement in Syria since 2015 and that of Russian private military forces in Libya since 2018 are seen quite differently. While many governments do not welcome it, in neither Syria nor Libya is Russia’s military presen...

 29 October 2021

Eastern Mediterranean Energy and Regional Cooperation: 2021 Outlook

After a year of heightened geopolitical tension in the eastern Mediterranean during 2020, the first six months of 2021 have witnessed a diplomatic momentum toward a regionwide détente.

 29 October 2021

China’s Interests in the Middle East and North Africa

The Middle East and North Africa is a “penetrated region,” where China is a relative latecomer, arriving at a time when the end of the Cold War has been followed by the complex transition to a post-American regional order.

 29 October 2021

The Narrow Path forward between the European Union and Turkey

Since late 2019, relations between the European Union and Turkey have gone through a rough patch and have only marginally improved in early 2021.

 29 October 2021

Russia in the Mediterranean and the Middle East

Russia’s ongoing military involvement in Syria since 2015 and that of Russian private military forces in Libya since 2018 are seen quite differently. While many governments do not welcome it, in neither Syria nor Libya is Russia’s military presen...

 29 October 2021

The Biden Administration and the Mediterranean: Interests and Policies in Search of an Overall Strategy

US officials have several US interests in mind when they craft policy toward this region. I mention these interests below, although not strictly ranked by priority as they weigh differently in different countries.

 28 October 2021

Applying Europe’s Digital Agenda in Mediterranean Partner Countries: Opportunities and Pitfalls

This paper will explore how Europe’s Digital for Development agenda can help push forward the digital transformation process in Mediterranean Partner Countries, analysing opportunities for the EU and partner countries and highlighting potential pit...

 28 October 2021

Strengthening the Social Dimension of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership through Social Economy Enterprises: Lending Meaning to the “People-Centred” Approach

environmental challenges shared by the 800 million inhabitants of the Euro-Mediterranean region highlight the fact that we are undergoing a process of major transformations that have been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 28 October 2021

Normalization of Arab Countries with Israel: Regional Geopolitical Aspects of the Agreements

The recent clashes in Jerusalem between Palestinians and Israelis have served as a reminder of a stark reality. The normalization of relations between certain Arab states and Israel does not change the fact that it is Palestinians, not other Arabs, w...

 28 October 2021

The Green Transition: A New and Shared Paradigm in the EU Partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood?

Reflecting on the new spaces for convergence created by the twin health and climate crises, but also on the new sources of divergence that the transition to a post-pandemic and post-carbon world foreshadows.

 21 October 2021

A Renewed Focus on Investment, Competitiveness and Jobs: A New Normal in Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation?

The article provides a brief overview of the main trade agreements on the South Shore of the Mediterranean is presented; the next section presents the main challenges facing these association agreements; and the last section concludes and provides so...

 21 October 2021