Politics & Cooperation

Beyond the Neighbourhood: Africa and Europe in the New Global Geopolitical Order

Beyond the Neighbourhood: Africa and Europe in the New Global Geopolitical Order

African countries are seeking a greater degree of freedom to establish relations that could benefit them with new partners (China, Russia, Brazil and India) but none offers the same advantages as the EU.

 13 September 2024
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Quo Vadis Maghreb? Quo Vadis the EU in the Maghreb?

This event will offer an opportunity to discuss how the EU can make sense of the current trends in the Maghreb and how these trends impact the relationship of Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria with the EU.

 24 February 2022

Iraq: a source of perpetual instability or nascent democracy?

Conference by Lahib Higel, senior analyst for Iraq (International Crisis Group) and Montserrat Arbós, academic coordinator (Universitat Ramon Llull).

 16 February 2022

Paradoxical Africanisation of Libya after 2011. Growing influence of sub- Saharan African government, rebel, diplomatic and criminal actors in the post-Gaddafi state

Libya moved from being an exporter of security to sub-Saharan Africa, as under Gaddafi, to becoming an importer. Some aspects of this multi-dimensional “Africanisation” of Libya are likely to take root.

 31 January 2022

Iran and the United States: Four Decades of Tension and Missed Opportunities

Iran-United States (US) relations have been confrontational for decades, making this relationship one of the most challenging in the world for the US to manage.

 27 January 2022

The New / Old Cold Wars: Geopolitics and North Africa and the Middle East in the Age of Arab Revolts

Conference by H. A. Hellyer, senior associate fellow (Royal United Services Institute) and Lurdes Vidal Bertran, director of the Arab and Islamic World (IEMed).

 26 January 2022

The Politics of Maritime Infrastructures across the Mediterranean

Mediterranean connections have so long defined the relationships across the seas. Since the 20th century, these maritime connections have entailed intimate interweaving of war and trade, of businesses, of colonies and postcolonies, and of concerns ar...

 19 January 2022

Politique d’asile : de l’interception à l’abandon

La faible réponse de l'Union européenne à la crise afghane met à nu les prétentions de la coopération extérieure et sécuritaire en matière de politiques migratoires.

 11 January 2022

El nacimiento de las ciudades regionales

Los centros urbanos pueden ayudar a tener una visión más holística e integrada del sistema migratorio y a potenciar la identidad y los valores mediterráneos.

 11 January 2022

The establishment of the Catalan fishing community in Marseille after 1725

Conference by Daniel Faget, associate professor of Modern History and Jaume Dantí i Riu, full professor in Modern History.

 16 December 2021

Death in the works of Alia Mamdouh

Conference by Alia Mamdouh, Iraqi journalist and writer and Anna Gil-Bardají, professor in the department of Translation and Interpreting and director of the Master’s degree.

 2 December 2021

Transnational is not Diasporic: the Australian-Lebanese community. National belonging in the age of globalization

Conference by Paul Tabar, director of the Institute for Migration Studies and Ricard Zapata, full professor at the department of Political and Social Sciences.

 30 November 2021
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Islam and politics in a global world

Conference by Daniel Faget, associate professor of Modern History and Jaume Dantí i Riu, full professor in Modern History.

 26 November 2021