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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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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

Prevention Measures against Violent Extremism and Radicalisation in the MENA and Balkans

This report of the CONNEKT project on prevention measures are based on the case study reports on the prevention factors at the local level in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia.

 21 May 2024

The Global Gateway in the Southern Neighbourhood: the Dilemma of Investing in Authoritarian MENA Countries

The policy brief discusses the Global Gateway investment program launched by the EU to foster infrastructure projects connecting Europe with other parts of the world, particularly the Southern Neighbourhood.

 15 March 2024

Tech Against Terrorism Europe Workshop

The IEMed hosts the Barcelona workshop of the consortium Tech Against Terrorism Europe. The results of the research project CONNEKT, led by the IEMed, will be presented in the meeting.

 12 March 2024

Social Media as an Instrument for Youth-Led Conflict Resolution in the Southern Neighbourhood

The weaponisation of social media platforms, and their influence on conflict settings, is made evident through increasingly frequent and sophisticated misinformation and disinformation campaigns.

 15 February 2024

Strategic Communication, a key to the success of the EU’s Global Gateway

The policy brief discusses the importance of Strategic Communication in ensuring the success of the European Union’s (EU) Global Gateway initiative.

 15 February 2024

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

Exploring the Potential of Minilateralism for the Europe-Mediterranean Partnership

The Mediterranean and Europe, as interconnected regions sharing geographical spaces and proximity, severe challenges, common interests and intertwined goals, present a compelling opportunity to explore minilateralism as a framework for fostering coop...

 12 February 2024

Europe as a Geopolitical Actor: Reforming the EU’s Narrative in North Africa

Which is the gap between the promises and self-perception of the EU and its member states in North Africa, and the realities of implemented policies?

 12 February 2024

Mask Off: Implications of the EU’s “Geopolitical Awakening” for its Relations with the MENA Region

What does a more geopolitical EU foreign policy entail? What would be the implications of such a new approach regarding the European Neighbourhood, in particular the MENA region? And how can such an approach be reconciled with the EU’s liberal prin...

 12 February 2024