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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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Morocco and the Management of Pending Challenges

An analysis focused on four pressing issues in Morocco: the humanitarian management of the 8 September 2023 earthquake and the reconstruction plans for the affected area; the impact of the drought on the country’s agricultural activity; the reform...

 15 July 2024

Russia and China in the Gaza Crisis: Trying to Beat Washington at Its Own Game

The political casualties of the Middle East conflict include important assumptions that up to now undergirded US policy toward the region.

 15 July 2024

The US’ Role Since 7 October and the Implications for US-Middle East Relations

The US’ record of dealing with the crisis is decidedly mixed and the path forward - both for Israel-Palestine relations and for US relations in the wider Middle East - is unclear.

 15 July 2024

The Arab-Israeli Conflict from Oslo to the Gaza War

It is convenient to place the start of the conflict in Palestine in 1908, when the Zionist Organization was established in the country and the first violent clashes took place.

 15 July 2024

Algeria: Taking Stock of Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s First Term

The two pillars of the Algerian political system's current resilience are repression and distribution.

 2 July 2024

What Does the EU’s Future Eastward Enlargement Mean for its Relations with Mediterranean Countries?

After nearly 20 years of attempting to put its relations with its nearest neighbours on a new footing, it has become abundantly clear that the EU needs to up its game.

 28 June 2024
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MedCat Days 2024

The MedCat Days 2024 provides a space for reflexion and debate to analyse how to address climate change in time of multiple crises in the Mediterranean.

 25 June 2024

The BRICS+ Takes All? Not Yet, But Maybe Soon

BRICS+ narrative emphasizes the importance of sovereignty for nation-states and the promotion of multipolarity in the international arena. And this discourse is being heard in the Global South.

 17 June 2024

Mediterranean Port Hubs: Connectivity in Today’s Agitated Waters

During the first weeks of the blockade of the Red Sea, when vessels had to delay their expected day of arrival in Mediterranean ports by 10 days or even two weeks, factories all over Europe had to stop assembly lines.

 17 June 2024

Economic Impact of the Gaza War

The war has deepened political divisions within Israel while the damage to Israel’s international standing will have negative economic repercussions.

 17 June 2024

New Twists and Turns in the Sahel Security Conundrum: Rural Jihadist Insurgencies, Military Coups, Urban Patriotism and the Turn towards Russia

The situation in the Sahel was already a dire one, but has now been made further complicated by the fact that the region has become a battleground of rivalry between the West and Russia.

 13 June 2024

Sport and the Gulf: When Saudi Arabia Leads the Way

For Riyadh, the use of sport is fundamentally about changing the language of international relations in an attempt to regain its status as a power.

 13 June 2024