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Proxy Wars and Spheres of Influence in Post-Isis Syria

Proxy Wars and Spheres of Influence in Post-Isis Syria

In the last years of the 2010s, the competitive intervention of rival powers in the Syrian crisis escalated into a contest to carve out spheres of geo-political influence in the country.

 4 September 2020
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 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

Construcción de la «amenaza existencial» y securitización del programa nuclear Iraní. La influencia de las élites en el discurso de seguridad Israelí

Second prize of the Best Master's Dissertations 2020-2021 awards organized by the Aula Mediterrània Program

 21 March 2023

The Securitisation of Migration in Greece: Mapping the Evolution of Securitising Discourses between 1991-2021

First prize of the 2020-2021 Best Master’s Degree Dissertations awards organised by the Aula Mediterrània Programme

 21 March 2023
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The Consequences of the War in Ukraine. Energy and Geostrategy

Debate on the economic, social, political, energy and security consequences that could arise from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which represents one of the most serious humanitarian and security crises in Europe since the Second World War.  

 25 October 2022

A New Chapter in the Drone Race in the Middle East

The author analyses the drone race in the Middle East, its origins and the potential consequences for conflict and diplomacy in the region.

 14 October 2022

Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Brink of Collapse

This article discusses how in Bosnia, the tensions that steem from the war in Ukraïne threaten to paralyse the State and to undo the achievements of the peace agreement from 1995.

 18 July 2022

What Do the Tensions in the Maghreb Mean for Europe?

The article highlights the importance of not letting the war in Ukraine distract Europe from the tensions in North Africa, and how stability in the region should be a priority because of migration, energy, trade and security issues

 15 July 2022
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Human and Energy Security in the Mediterranean: when East meets West

Roundtable on Security and Energy in the Mediterranean and the Middle East in the framework of the Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

 5 July 2022

Horizon 2020 Science-to-Policy event at the European Parliament

The Horizon 2020 sister projects CONNEKT, PAVE and PREVEX organise a Science-to-Policy meeting at the European Parliament

 27 June 2022

Presentation of afkar / ideas n.65: “The Mediterranean and the Arab world facing the Russian invasion of Ukraine”

Presentation in Madrid of the publication afkar / ideas with Josep Piqué, Senén Florensa, and Youssef Cherif at Casa Árabe Madrid.

 21 June 2022

Workshop on the Sahel-Mediterranean compendium

The Center for Strategic Studies in the Middle East and South Asia (NESA), in collaboration with the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and the US Africa Command, organises the sixth NESA-IEMed workshop.

 14 June 2022

Jordan Amid Diverse Challenges and Comprehensive Counter Strategies

The article analises the regional and domestic challenges that Jordan is countering and proposes a set of actions to face them.

 10 May 2022