Governance & Political Reform

Egypt’s Struggle for Stability in a Volatile Environment

Egypt’s Struggle for Stability in a Volatile Environment

The lack of channels for social demands creates the conditions for sudden explosions of anger. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed some latent contradictions within Egyptian society.

 15 September 2020
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Ennahda se enfrenta a su peor crisis

Acechado por las guerras internas, el partido islamista, actor ineludible de la escena política tunecina, de los últimos años, se encuentra al borde de la escisión.

 10 January 2022

Kais Said se impone como ‘salvador del pueblo’

El presidente, presentándose como arquetipo de la integridad y la justicia, ha concentrado todos los poderes y sumido al país en un autoritarismo cuyo desenlace es incierto.

 10 January 2022

Túnez: el giro autoritario

Kais Said ha desestabilizado la vida política y a sus actores. Su éxito depende de su capacidad de responder a las expectativas de un país ahogado por la deuda y la crisis económica.

 10 January 2022

Interdisciplinary Research Seminar “Aula Mediterrània” 2021

Sixth research seminar takes place, which addresses a wide range of issues affecting the Mediterranean region, bringing together experts and the latest research on various topics related to the Euro-Mediterranean region.

 10 November 2021

Investments in Cultural Infrastructure in the Gulf Countries

The art and culture sectors of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries screeched to a crashing halt for most of the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 3 November 2021

Social Movements and Uprisings, 10 Years after the 2011 Spring: The Characteristics of the Crisis of Politics in the MENA Region

Several researchers have questioned the paradoxes of the 2011 Arab Spring, particularly the conjunction of revolutionary protest and reformist approach. In reality, this complex characteristic is not specific to the Arab uprisings at a time of “hyb...

 3 November 2021

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Systems in the Mediterranean

The pandemic is challenging health systems, economies and societies around the world and creating unprecedented disruption for the global health and development community.

 3 November 2021

Covid-19 and Mediterranean Cities: What Will Remain? Or Covid-19 as Experienced in Mediterranean Cities: Lessons and Challenges for a Sustainable Recovery

Local authorities in the Mediterranean are very unequally endowed with resources from one country to another, depending on the maturity of the decentralization framework (financial endowment from the national level), and in an unprecedented period du...

 3 November 2021

Beyond Talent Partnerships: Boosting Legal Mobility under the New EU Migration Pact

On 11 June 2021, the European Commission launched its Talent Partnership Initiative, coined as a key endeavour under the New Pact on Migration and Asylum to promote mobility for third country nationals seeking employment or training in the EU.

 3 November 2021

Aquaculture in the Mediterranean

Fish plays an important role in global food provision and is a key source of protein, accounting for 20% of animal protein consumed by humans.

 3 November 2021

Gender at the Intersection: Intersectional Feminisms to Understand the Present of the Mediterranean

2020 was a global turning point that led to hasty responses. In 2021, it is time to make room for deliberations and actions that take into account the effects of the pandemic, but which also go beyond them by considering the complexities inherent to...

 3 November 2021

New Transport Challenges in the Western Mediterranean in the Wake of Covid-19: Policies, Uncertainties and Tools

The energy transition, process digitization, and the ability to adapt to disruptive events, already on the agenda of decision-makers in the past, took on renewed importance in 2020. These three processes – energy transition, digitization, and adapt...

 3 November 2021