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.
Social media marked a before and after during the Arab uprisings of 2011. Its use opened the door to the participation of young people in political life, the promotion of freedom of expression and pluralism.
In addition to the annual conference, the MedThink 5+5 network holds two separate thematic conferences organized by the network's secretariat in collaboration with two of its member institutions.
Islamophobe is the adjective that defines about 60% of the articles published in August in 6 Spanish newspapers about Islam and Muslims, many of these articles having been written on the occasion of the known attacks in Catalonia on August 17.
Radicalization is one of the most pressing issues in Europe today. Christiane Timmerman analyzes the causes that lead an individual to radicalize and the need to make a change of narrative to understand the complexity of the radicalization process.
The Dialogue Workshop “Sahel and Security in the Mediterranean” is part of a Working Package, coordinated by Dr Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck, El Erian Fellow at Carnegie Middle East Center.
The devastation of the country since 2011 has caused the biggest humanitarian disaster in the Middle East since the end of World War II: nearly half a million dead and more than half of the Syrian population has converted to refugees or moved.
The main network of think tanks on politics and security in the Mediterranean is holding its 2017 annual assembly and conference.
The debates constitute a valuable contribution to the mapping of the main threats in the Mediterranean region and offer interesting insights on how the security order in the region should be reviewed in order to address them.
The aim of the seminar is to analyze the reconstruction processes in post-conflict countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, with particular emphasis on Syria, Iraq and Libya; and publish a document that serves as a preliminary assessment...
The stories that captives on both sides told of their dramas and adventures give us a vivid picture of that conflict, but it also allows us to experience unexpected economic and cultural exchanges.
The Joint Policy Study analyzes and monitors the threat of terrorist groups with a focus on Syria (Daesh, Al-Nusra Front, and Al Qaeda), and the issue of foreign fighters’ recruitment.
With the organization of a workshop on the prevention of radicalization through education, the IEMed takes part in the international conference Madrid + 10.