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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Entre ecos y sombras: Irán en el laberinto de la guerra

A medida que el conflicto evoluciona, el debate sobre el papel de Irán y su estrategia de resistencia se intensifica, convirtiéndose en cruciales puntos de análisis y discusión dentro de la esfera internacional.

 22 April 2024

Humo sin fuego: reacciones árabes al conflicto en Gaza

El conflicto continuará y se repetirá, Israel nunca conocerá la paz y la vida de los palestinos será una miseria continua mientras el mundo observa, critica, pero no actúa

 22 April 2024

La cuerda floja estratégica de la campaña de Hezbolá contra Israel

Hezbolá sabe que la mayoría de los hogares libaneses no están en condiciones de soportar una guerra brutal. A pesar de sus diversas justificaciones, preferiría evitar cargar con la culpa de catapultar a Líbano a un nuevo nivel de profunda miseri...

 22 April 2024

Presentation of Política Exterior and tribute to Josep Piqué

Presentation in Barcelona of the latest issue of the journal Política Exterior as a tribute to Josep Piqué, former director of this journal and also afkar/ideas (co-edited with IEMed).

 18 April 2024

Italy and the Mediterranean between colonialism and postcolonialism

Conference of the Aula Mediterrània 2023-2024 conference series with Valeria Deplano, an associate professor at the University of Cagliari.

 18 April 2024

Sustainable development, education and science diplomacy: challenges and opportunities in the Euro-Mediterranean region

Conference of the Aula Mediterrània 2023-2024 conference series with Giuseppe Provenzano who manages the dossier of Research and Innovation at the Union for the Mediterranean.

 21 March 2024

Euromed Young Researchers 2024 Forum

The Euromed Young Researchers 2024 Forum aims at exploring the role of youth engagement and participation, and renewable energy technologies, in promoting energy security and climate action, among other topics.

 5 March 2024

Understanding Intra-Ethnic Conflicts through a Youth Lens: The Case of the Intra-Kurdish Conflict

This policy brief aims to illuminate the critical and pivotal, yet frequently overlooked, perspective of youth concerning intra-Kurdish conflict and its peaceful resolution.

 15 February 2024

An India-Middle East-Europe Corridor for Peace: The EU’s Role in Transforming a Grand Announcement into an Inclusive Forum

Despite the perceived hopelessness of the situation in the Middle East, shelving this trans-regional corridor would be a mistake.

 15 February 2024

Meaningful Inclusion? Enhancing the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda in Euro-Mediterranean Conflict Resolution

This paper explores the Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS) Agenda’s impact on youth involvement in conflict resolution, focusing on Euro-Mediterranean regions, specifically post-Arab Spring Yemen and Libya.

 15 February 2024

Reviving Alternative Conflict Resolution Approaches in Proxy Wars: The Case of Libya

This policy brief argues that previous fora looking for a peaceful resolution in Libya have been unsuccessful due to the lack of human rights and bottom-up approaches in foreign policy-making.

 15 February 2024

EU Policy in North Africa and Eastern Mediterranean: Balancing Differentiated Integration for Conflict Resolution and Democracy Support

This Policy Brief argues that reinforcing the EU’s foreign policy involves enhancing socio-political integration in some policy areas with neighbouring regions, such as North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean.

 15 February 2024