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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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Syrian Civil War: Limitations and Preconditions for Effective Multilateralism in an Evermore Conflictual Multipolar World

The only feasible way to reach lasting conflict resolution in Syria requires external actors finding a reconciliation of interests that goes far beyond the Syrian conflict. There is a need for a U.S.-EU-Russian grand bargain.

 28 February 2017

Security Challenges in the Maghreb: The Nexus between Bad Governance and Violent Extremism

The Maghreb has faced serious security challenges in recent years. Although many pundits focus attention on “terrorism,” they often overlook the nexus between bad governance and violent extremism.

 27 February 2017

Pourquoi la Tunisie produit-elle autant des jihadistes?

La révolution tunisienne a fait naître les espoirs du monde arabe et des démocraties occidentales. Ce pays a cependant vu une mobilisation d'un nombre exceptionnellement élevé de combattants volontaires pour les «terres du djihad».

 27 January 2017

The UN and Sustainable Peace in Syria – Still Worth Debating

The UN remains the sole formal authority willing to and capable of facilitating a sustainable peace in Syria. To what extent the UN has learnt from its engagement in previous conflicts?

 25 November 2016

Guerra en Siria

“Si realmente Rusia o EE UU quisieran acabar con Daesh y con la guerra por el bien de los sirios, lo harían en menos de un mes” opina el máximo responsable de la rama militar del Partido Nacional Socialista Sirio.

 24 October 2016

Los estragos de un golpe de Estado fallido

Turquía se enfrenta a un triple desafío: la gobernanza, el papel de las fuerzas armadas y el probable drástico recrudecimiento del problema kurdo.

 24 October 2016

El ejército turco, encerrado en sus cuarteles

Las fuerzas armadas se encuentran en proceso de reestructuración. Queda por ver si es el principio de una fusión con el AKP o un verdadero plan de profesionalización.

 24 October 2016

La nueva estrategia de la OTAN en Libia

La Alianza prefiere actuar militarmente a través del Africom o de las fuerzas especiales y, al mismo tiempo, prestar apoyo técnico al poder libio.

 24 October 2016

Terrorismo, motor de cambio de la política exterior

Los atentados originados en la región MENA y perpetrados en Occidente han tenido un efecto crecientemente militarizado en las políticas hacia la zona de los países afectados.

 24 October 2016

Counter-Terrorism Policies in Egypt: Effectiveness and Challenges

The dispersal of the Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins in Raba’a square and al-Nahda square in August 2013 unleashed a more complex wave of domestic terrorism in comparison to the waves of terrorism the country encountered decades ago.

 19 October 2016

Libyan Political Economy: Political Conflict, Crisis Management and Structural Reform

The ongoing political division and armed conflict in Libya have overshadowed the critical stage Libyan economy has reached. Libya’s only source of income, oil exports, became an integral dimension of the conflict.

 6 October 2016

ISIS Administrative and Territorial Organization

The structure of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is very much a product of the organization’s ideological evolution and a reflection of its intended future.

 28 September 2016