Política i cooperació

Egypt’s Foreign Policy: Post-Western and Pan-Islamic

While the EU and the US are preoccupied with Egypt’s attitude towards them, Israel and Iran, other countries are entering the competition for privileged relations with the transforming Egypt. The new Egyptian foreign policy will not favour the Wes...

The Arab Uprisings and the New Geopolitics of the Middle East

The Arab uprisings are not only transforming the political structures of Arab states and societies. The geopolitics of the region is also undergoing profound change, not seen since the 1967 war.

VIè Diàleg i Acció “La Mediterrània en transició: quina agenda per al futur?”

Aquest VI Diàleg i Acció, sota l'epígraf «La Mediterrània en transformació: què agenda per al futur?», Pretén ser un espai per a les reflexions en aquesta direcció, des d'una òptica constructiva i optimista.

After the “Arab spring”: Is it Time for the Euro-Mediterranean Order To Be Rethought?

The institutional asymmetry that exists between the European Union and its southern neighbours has been frequently underlined and discussed. Today other asymmetries of a strictly political nature are becoming impossible to deny.

The UfM: A Union of Projects… but Which Projects?

There is a sense that all projects are based on a convergence of interests. But what about the convergence of values?

The Future of Euro-Mediterranean Regional Cooperation: The Role of the Union for the Mediterranean

The UfM has attracted wide attention less because of its achievements than because of its stalemate. However, through the UfM’s focus on concrete initiatives, it could be a valuable framework for upgrading Euromed relations.

Adjusting to External Norms and Standards of the “West”: The Case of Israel

The long negotiations to enter the OECD somewhat detracted from the attention the government of Israel devoted to the powerful message initially sent by the EU in 2003-2004 offering Israel a “stake in the Internal Market.”

La Communauté européenne mise à l’épreuve du “printemps arabe”. Crise ou renouveau du multilatéralisme européen?

Le « printemps arabe » est vieux maintenant d’une dizaine de mois. La question se pose toujours de savoir si l’Europe a cessé d’être négligente sur la question des réformes politiques chez les voisins du sud.

Global Geostrategy and the Mediterranean

After having been a strategic cornerstone of international relations for several centuries, the Mediterranean lost its importance in favour of the Atlantic, followed later by the Pacific.

Europe, the Mediterranean and the Arab Revolutions in the Current Geopolitical Puzzle

New Geopolitical Dimensions in the Middle East

Too great a focus on the new actors to the political scene, whether Islamists or the Facebook generation, risks overlooking the role of the hidden, but doubtlessly active, losers of the ‘Arab Spring’.

The Gulf States’ Political and Economic Role in the Mediterranean

In the last decade both economic and political relations between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and Arab Mediterranean countries have intensified.