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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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Operación en Malí

“El control del norte del país por parte de grupos extremistas suponía ya un peligro de talibanización de los tuareg. Corríamos el riesgo de que se creara un ‘Yihadistán’ en el centro de África”.

 21 March 2013

Argelia y la crisis maliense

La crisis de Malí ha agravado la sensación de cerco argelina, mientras los focos de tensión se acercan a sus fronteras y el terrorismo interno sigue constituyendo una amenaza.

 21 March 2013

Malí: ¿un Afganistán en versión 2.0?

Es improbable que el norte de Malí se convierta en un Afganistán. Francia, por su parte, debe africanizar la seguridad y multilateralizar la formación militar lo más rápido posible.

 21 March 2013
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The Conflict in Syria and its Influence on Pluralism and Diversity Management in the Middle East

Fifth session of the cycle “Mediterranean 2013: the consolidation of new powers”, which analyzes the situation in North Africa and the Middle East, addressing current Euro-Mediterranean relations and their future repercussions.

 5 March 2013

Ceasefire Agreements Will Not Work: Activation of the Peace Process is the Solution

The recent ceasefire agreement signed in Cairo between Hamas and Israel was certainly not the first ceasefire since the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007, and unfortunately will not be the last.

 28 November 2012

Security Issues Emerging in the Maghreb and the Sahel after the Arab Spring

The overthrow of the old regimes represents a historic rupture with the long winter of authoritarian stability and a change of paradigm perceptible on various levels.

 23 August 2012

Syria, Vertigo in the Face of a Radicalised Revolution and an Uncertain Future

Although it follows the path of the Arab revolts preceding it, Syria’s revolution displays unique characteristics due to the country’s social composition.

 27 July 2012

Al-Qaeda since the Death of Bin Laden

The disappearance of the most wanted person on the planet long mobilised the Western media, whereas it was quickly displaced in the Arab media by other, more pressing developments.

 17 July 2012

La « sécuritocratie » dans la tourmente des révolutions arabes

Les dictatures ont réussi à spolier et à démolir l’économie de leur pays. Ainsi, les dictateurs ont déchiré minutieusement le tissu social en rendant leurs sociétés à leurs états primitifs afin d’empêcher toute organisation civile.

 2 July 2012

Grupos étnicos y facciones en la lucha de poder siria

El capitalismo de familias, las etnias y élites urbanas y las facciones religiosas determinan el cauce actual del conflicto.

 21 June 2012

Las crisis en el Sahel

La comparación entre Níger y Malí muestra la complejidad política de la región, donde las respuestas locales afectan en gran medida a las trayectorias futuras de las crisis.

 21 June 2012

NATO’s Intervention in Libya: Assessment and Implications

NATO's intervention in Libya has raised much controversy and been subject to opposite assessments.

 20 June 2012