Politics & Cooperation

New Pact for the Mediterranean. The Future of Euro-Mediterranean Relations on the 30th Anniversary of the Barcelona Process

New Pact for the Mediterranean. The Future of Euro-Mediterranean Relations on the 30th Anniversary of the Barcelona Process

The success of the New Pact will depend on its capacity to turn consultation into genuine partnership, to balance ambition with realism and to show it has learned from past experience.

 25 July 2025
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Islam y política en el espacio postsoviético: Cáucaso y Asia Central

Islam in the post-Soviet space, reconfigured according to power correlations, illustrates the tensions between historical heritage, political constraints, and transnational dynamics. (afkar/ideas article, in Spanish)

 13 April 2026

El Islam en América Latina: estado de la cuestión

Latin American Islam tends to be presented as a localized and contextualized phenomenon, rather than as the mere implantation of a religion perceived as foreign. (afkar/ideas article, in Spanish)

 13 April 2026

El turismo azul mediterráneo en una encrucijada

Blue tourism generates significant economic value, but it puts pressure on ecosystems. Shared governance is needed to harmonize economic vitality, resilience, and the well-being of communities. (afkar/ideas article, in Spanish)

 13 April 2026

Economía azul: motor de cambio, integración y resiliencia regional

The Mediterranean supports millions of jobs linked to coastal tourism, maritime transport, and fishing. But these activities operate in an overexploited area, exposed to climate change and fractured by geopolitical instability. (afkar/ideas article,...

 13 April 2026

El Irán de Mojtaba Jamenei: una sucesión sin apertura

The succession of Mokhtaba Khamenei represents a reconfiguration of the system in which clerical legitimacy carries less weight, society remains outside the pact, and the Revolutionary Guard consolidates itself as the indispensable arbiter of power....

 13 April 2026

El movimiento Gen Z 212 y la privación en la era de la globalización digital

The emergence of the Gen Z 212 movement demonstrates that the protest was not triggered by absolute poverty, but by the perceived gap between expectations and capabilities. (afkar/ideas article, in Spanish)

 13 April 2026

Marruecos, una economía a dos velocidades

With a limited productivity economy and growing cooperation with China, but still dependent on its Western partners, Morocco continues to experience economic difficulties and suffers from increasing inequalities. (afkar/ideas article, in Spanish)

 13 April 2026

Sáhara Occidental, autonomía y credibilidad: de la Guerra Fría a Trump

Resolution 2797 of October 2025 supports, for the first time, talks without preconditions, based on Morocco's 2007 autonomy proposal. Can a way out of this long-standing conflict finally be in sight? (afkar/ideas article, in Spanish)

 13 April 2026

Líbano en estado de guerra

"In Lebanon, we don't live in chaos, we live in a systemically corrupt system. We need to stop corruption, but it will take time. I don't think we'll see the end of it for at least 10 years." (afkar/ideas article, in Spanish)

 13 April 2026

Un siglo de expolio y abandono en Palestina

Le livre aborde la dépossession vécue par la communauté palestinienne, résultant du déséquilibre de pouvoir dans le conflit avec Israël.

 13 April 2026

Indignity. A Life Reimagined

The book highlights the role of individual decisions in the great socio-political upheavals that shook the Balkans at the beginning of the 20th century. (Article in Spanish)

 13 April 2026

Elecciones legislativas en Marruecos: ¿qué está en juego el 23 de septiembre?

In the 2026 legislative elections, the political system's ability to restore its credibility and demonstrate that elections can be an effective instrument for transforming citizens' living conditions is at stake. (afkar/ideas article, in Spanish)

 13 April 2026