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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In the EU Waiting Room: Exploring the Western Balkan’s Road to Integration

The waiting room analogy still holds for the Western Balkans' prospects of EU adhesion, writes Lura Pollozhani.

 14 March 2023

Is Climate Diplomacy the Solution for more Resilient Cooperation in the Mediterranean Region?

This policy brief proposes to explore how climate diplomacy can contribute to deeper cooperation between countries of the Mediterranean and propel a stronger relationship between its citizens.

 28 February 2023

On the Need to Carefully Calibrate International Sanctions as an Instrument to Fight Corruption in the MENA Region

Alain Bifani provides an insightful overview on the power of international sanctions imposed by the external world leading to the improvement of the elites’ behaviour.

 28 February 2023

Between Hedging and Bandwagoning – Interpreting the Reactions of Middle Eastern and North African States to the Russian-Ukranian War

The present policy brief features a structural analysis of the various reactions of MENA states to the Russian-Ukrainian war by the end of 2022.

 14 February 2023

A Renewed Partnership for Developing Energy and Transport Infrastructure across the Mediterranean 

AulaMed article on a new partnership in energy and transport across the Mediterranean by Carlo Secchi, vice-president of ISPI.

 24 January 2023

Fronteras, conflictos y seguridad en el Mediterráneo. El caso de la frontera hispanomarroquí

Aula Mediterrània article (in Spanish) by the professor Hassan Arabi (University Mohammed I, Morocco)

 23 January 2023

La rivalidad Argelia-Marruecos en un escenario en transformación

La ruptura de relaciones diplomáticas entre Argelia y Marruecos ha reforzado la competición de ambos países en el espacio africano y ha reactivado la lógica de ejes en la arena magrebí.

 16 November 2022

EEUU y Oriente Medio: más problemas de los que un viaje puede solucionar

Para recuperar la confianza, Estados Unidos debe reconsiderar la totalidad de su planteamiento en vez de seguir poniendo parches a las políticas inciertas y las relaciones inestables con Oriente Medio.

 16 November 2022

Between terrorism, exogenous and endogenous pressures

This article (an edited and shortened version of the 3rd Best Final Master’s Dissertation Award of the Aula Mediterrània 2019-2020) tackles border control policies in Egypt, focusing on the Rafah border.

 20 October 2022

Arab Series: Between the Globality of Netflix and Local Specificity

Linking entertainment such as musalsalat with the month of fasting and reflection in Islam is an updating of customs that clearly results in one of the essential values: sharing.

 17 October 2022

Cities and Mediterranean Integration: In Search of a “New” Political Project

The author discusses how cities have been developing their own vision of Mediterranean integration for some fifty years, and the results of this regional integration.

 17 October 2022

Complexity and Tensions in the Maghreb

This article analyses the historical and current relations between Spain and Morocco.

 5 October 2022