Politics & Cooperation

¿De Gaza al Real Madrid?

Las restricciones a la libre circulación en Gaza, como parte del bloqueo impuesto por Israel, tienen consecuencias sobre el mundo del deporte, que poco a poco languidece en la Franja.

North Africa Business Development Forum

MedaWeek Barcelona is an economic and business forum focused on promoting the private sector, the economic development as a pillar of regional integration, and the economies of the Mediterranean around the world.

Introduction – Changing Euro-Mediterranean Lenses

Consequences of the Securitization of EU’s Approach towards the Mediterranean for Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries

The short-term migration gains that might be achieved by strengthening authoritarian governments through enhanced cooperation will most likely be outweighed by deepening political and economic instability.

Recovering EU – Egypt Relations, But Core Political Issues Remain

The eighth EU - Egypt Association Council is due to meet on 20 December 2018. The EU - Egypt relationship holds great potential for socio-economic cooperation, while political issues remain unresolved.

Oslo + 25, Lessons Learned and Ways Forward

The Oslo Accords have been the subject of considerable debate ever since the agreement was signed in 1993. 25 years later, an almost desperate situation paradoxically opens a window of opportunity for Europe.

Cooperation With Religious Institutions As A European Policy Tool

The workshop brings together 20 experts on religious affairs, migration and European as well as Middle East policy from Europe and the Middle East to discuss first drafts of research conducted in the framework of the EuroMeSCo project.

The Role of Russia in The Middle East And North Africa Region. Strategy or Opportunism?

Since late September 2015, the Russian military intervention in Syria has prompted the rise of expectations and speculations on Moscow’s intentions to impose itself as a central actor able to affect the course of events in the broader Middle East.

The Kurdish Question in the Middle East: Regional Dynamics and Return to National Control

The past four decades have seen an increasing regionalization of the Kurdish question on the Middle East scale.

From the Euro-Arab Dialogue to a Euro-Arab Summit: Revamping the EU-Arab Partnership

Since most Arab countries gained independence, structured Euro-Arab partnership has been characterized by a pattern of discontinuity to the extent that the EU has never held a Summit of Heads of State and Government with the Arab group.

Gulf Regional Crisis: Qatar-Saudi Arabia Rivalry, Tensions within the Gulf Cooperation Council

The isolation of Qatar by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has substantially failed, not only because of the immediate solidarity shown since June 2017 by Turkey and Iran.

Palestine’s Impasse: Israeli Occupation, Regional Conflicts and Internal Division

Unlike other situations, the principal context that shapes almost all of Palestine’s various political, economic and social dynamics, as well as all other aspects of Palestinian life, is the omnipresent Israeli military occupation.