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 Conflicto militar en Sudán

 Conflicto militar en Sudán

Entrevista a Abdelwahab El- Affendi, académico sudanés y exdiplomático del país africano, sobre el grave conflicto militar que estalló el 15 de abril de 2023 y sigue activo.

 20 July 2023
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The Green Transition in Mediterranean Countries: Challenges and Perspectives

The Mediterranean is one of the most vulnerable areas to sea-level rises: coastal exposure and coastal GDP are twice as high as the rest of the world. Among climate-related problems, water scarcity plays a central role in the MED area.

 4 September 2023

Chinese Military Influence in the Mediterranean

While in the seas and oceans adjacent to China hard power is increasingly visible, and this after years of soft power measures, in the Mediterranean we are still in the soft power phase in terms of Beijing’s projection.

 4 September 2023

Macron’s Rethoric on Internal Security, Republican Values and Radical Islam

Since Macron’s accession to the French Presidency in 2017, internal security, Republican values and radical Islam have joined immigration at the top of the French public debate

 4 September 2023

Syria and the Arab League: A Reconciliation Foretold

On 7 May 2023, a summit of foreign ministers in Cairo approved Syria’s readmission to the Arab League. This despite the fact that the Syrian regime has committed multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity.

 4 September 2023

Prospects of Post-conflict Reconstruction in Libya

Since the collapse of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has been floundering through a transition that does not seem to have an end. Several years of conflict have had a dramatic impact on Libya’s economy and shattered the country’s in...

 4 September 2023

Algeria: Hiding Continuity and Immobilism behind the Mask of the “New Algeria”

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has established a narrative about a "new Algeria". Yet, it barely conceals the challenges the country faces to renew its political, economic and even diplomatic plans.

 4 September 2023

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Arab and Mediterranean States: Impact and Reactions

Arab and Southern Mediterranean countries deplore the Russian invasion of Ukraine but do not align themselves with the “bellicose escalation” of the protagonists.

 4 September 2023

Towards a More GRASSROOT EU Foreign Policy in the MENA Region? A Glossary

The EU’s foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa region seeks to uncover any development that would be tantamount to a more GRASSROOT EU’s foreign policy in that region.

 4 September 2023

Can Mediterranean Value Chains Offer a Path of Development to the South?

A prosperous North adjacent to a much poorer South, often with colonial or post-colonial linkages shaping the relationship between the two parts. Increasingly, the North has been moving towards stronger political integration, further expanding the po...

 4 September 2023

Escaping the MENA Debt Crisis

Much has been written about the weaknesses of the MENA economies: their low level of innovation and labour productivity, the lack of dynamism and informality of their private sector, and the decaying capacity of their states and decline in the qualit...

 4 September 2023

Conditionality, Economic Restructuring and Intensified Repression: A Global Approach

More than one decade since a wave of popular uprisings swept North African and Middle Eastern countries, the social and economic concerns motivating the uprisings are yet to be addressed meaningfully by their respective governments, irrespective of h...

 4 September 2023

Digitalization for the Green Transition in the Mediterranean

The European Union has created a dual green and digital transition agenda that aims to integrate its hitherto independent policy sectors. The fact that this new strategy has a geopolitical component and is both inward and forward looking is notable....

 4 September 2023