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Securing European Interests from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf: Rethinking EU Strategic Autonomy at Sea

Securing European Interests from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf: Rethinking EU Strategic Autonomy at Sea

This paper aims to assess the concurrent need to secure European interests in the maritime domain vis-à-vis threats originating from the area going from the Mediterranean to the Strait of Hormuz.

 12 February 2024
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From Eurovision to the Recognition of Palestine: How Israel Is Fracturing European Consensus

As long as Israel remains a member of the Eurovision Song Contest, inclusion or exclusion of Israel will remain a dividing issue for Europeans.

 13 May 2026

Fight against terrorism, procedural safeguards, and individuals’ rights: a comparison between Morocco and Spain

Aula Mediterrània lecture with Mohamed Rouin Mazouz, associate professor at Abdelmalek Essaâdi University in Tangier.

 7 May 2026
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The Iran War and How the World Sleepwalked into an Energy Crisis

Instead of a short and contained confrontation, the conflict in Iran rapidly evolved into an energy crisis.

 25 March 2026
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The Gulf in the Crossfire: Strategic Consequences of the Iran War

The Gulf states now face a stark and unwelcome choice: deeper integration into a US-led war posture they tried to avoid, or a continued exposure to Iranian coercion.

 16 March 2026

Yemen’s Forgotten Conflict and Security in the Red Sea

In just three decades, the Houthis have evolved from a local militia to the de facto government of northern Yemen. Regional security and, especially, peace in Yemen remain on the very distant horizon.

 1 September 2025

Europe Needs Defence Capabilities More Than New Structures

European allies should negotiate a transition with the United States to gradually take more control of European security through NATO.

 8 July 2025

Autocratization, Sovereignism, and Illiberal Conflict Management: Morocco’s Regional Progress under Trump 2.0

Morocco is hopeful that current EU priorities will translate to increasingly explicit European support for an “illiberal peace” for Western Sahara.

 16 June 2025

Iran’s post-Assad Syria Policy – Challenges and Opportunities

Iran has experienced key strategic setbacks since October 2023 but it is important not to grossly underestimate its ability to retaliate and destabilize the entire Middle East.

 16 June 2025

Oil and the Arab Civil War

AulaMed article by Giacomo Luciani , speaker of the Aula Mediterrània 2024-25 lecture series.

 2 June 2025

The Role of Green Bonds in Enhancing Energy Security in Jordan

This policy brief aims to provide recommendations for the utilisation of green bonds as a financial instrument in enhancing energy security in Jordan.

 5 June 2024

The unexplored potential of the EU as a mediator of PCVE efforts across its neighbourhood

This policy paper is fruit of the results gathered through primary data collection but also of a dialogue among researchers, experts, practitioners, state officials, civil society actors and local community representatives within the framework of the...

 21 May 2024

Prevention Guidelines for Local Authorities in the MENA and the Balkans

These prevention guidelines, developed for the benefit of local authorities in their efforts to prevent radicalisation and violent extremism (VE), are based on the research that the CONNEKT team have completed in the Middle East and North Africa (MEN...

 21 May 2024