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The Emergence of a New (Multilateral?) Global Order: How Does the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Fit in?

The Emergence of a New (Multilateral?) Global Order: How Does the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Fit in?

The EU should be engaged in the reform of multilateral organizations, decisively help Ukraine to achieve a peace and build a Euro-Mediterranean Economic Integration Area.

 4 October 2023
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From Fragilities to Resilience: A Strengthened UfM in the Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic

In the span of a few months, the pandemic of COVID-19 has spread to every corner of the world. The socio-economic repercussions of this crisis will be extremely far-reaching, and will likely unfold for years to come.

 22 September 2020

Israel’s Annexation Plan: One State Based on Equality and Justice Is the Only Solution

The Israeli authorities now have de facto total control of the West Bank, achieved thanks to years of occupation that turned the territory into an Israelized extension of the Jewish State, with Palestinian enclaves surrounded and suffocated by illega...

 22 September 2020

Israel’s Regional Foreign Policies: What Is at Stake for the New Government?

The Israeli political landscape, which seemed for a while to be heading in the direction of leadership change, turned the other way. Netanyahu managed to navigate the political system to his benefit and to dismantle his key opposition .

 21 September 2020

The Challenges of Euro-African Relations in the post-Covid-19 Era

In 2021, Euro-African relations will reach a turning point. The sixth Africa-EU Joint Strategy Summit, an event launched ten years ago, will be unlike the others on more than one count.

 18 September 2020

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Profile Themselves as a New Global Hub for Money Laundering, with Implications for the Balkans

Over the course of the 2010s, relations between the United Arab Emirates and several countries of the Western Balkans have increasingly tightened. Starting from 2010, good relations have been propelled by a boom of investments.

 17 September 2020

New Power Struggles in the Mediterranean

This year, as it celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Barcelona Declaration and the launching of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, the European Union is dealing with a flurry of new actors that have recently emerged in the Mediterranean region.

 16 September 2020

2020: The Yemenite Impasse

Yemen entered its sixth year of conflict in March 2020. Yemeni confrontations and foreign armed interventions on its soil have caused “the worst humanitarian crisis in the world,” according to the UN.

 15 September 2020

Infrastructures and Power in the Middle East and North Africa

Geopolitics is back. A more aggressive great power competition and the disruptive effects of new technologies have given new impetus to the analysis of the impact of geography on political decisions.

 14 September 2020

China’s Belt and Road in the Balkans in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Despite the setbacks caused by the great pandemic of 2020, China's Belt and Road initiative is likely to actively shape the post-COVID-19 realities in the Balkans.

 14 September 2020

Tensions Between the US and Iran and the Role of the Gulf States

After the rupture of diplomatic relations between the United States and Iran due to the occupation of the US embassy in Tehran, the extremely poor bilateral relations seemed detrimental to the evolution of relations between Iran and the Gulf states.

 14 September 2020

Great Expectations: The EU-Africa Partnership against the Backdrop of Covid-19

With Europe caught up in responding to the health and economic crises at home, and Africa facing already devastating economic consequences, the basis of the relationship has shifted.

 14 September 2020

Ten Reasons Why the Maghreb Pivots to Africa

Geographically, the Maghreb is an integral part of the African continent. And yet, very often, the countries and societies from the Maghreb have given priority to other geographic or cultural identities.

 10 September 2020