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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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The Impact of Climate Change in The Sahel on Human Security in The Mediterranean

The Sahel zone is more threatened by the climate change than any other region of the world. The developments in the Sahel present as well direct challenges to the Mediterranean region.

 30 November 2018

WANTED: More Fluid Relationships between Researchers and Officials in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

The assumption hiding behind the concept of “evidence-based decision-making” is that policy makers are eager to consider the work of researchers. Yet, this equation seems to be dysfunctional in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

 28 November 2018

Lecciones de Ripoll

La radicalización, consecuencia de una serie de detonantes que promueven la oposición absoluta y radical a unas ideas, tiene una dimensión esencialmente ideológica.

 28 November 2018

The Securitisation of the EU’s Migration Policies: What Consequences for Southern Mediterranean Countries and their Relations with the EU?

Exporting the challenges posed by the migrant smuggling business and difficulties in repatriating migrants from the EU to Northern African countries means that these problems are exported to more fragile countries.

 19 November 2018

When the “Stability” Europeans Are Proud of, Fuels Insecurity in the Mediterranean

Although the EU is not seen as the most harmful actor for the region, some of its dynamics or the policies it promotes may have negative effects.

 19 November 2018

Regional Opportunities To Improving The Situation In Gaza

The Gaza Strip is facing a deep humanitarian and economic crisis. Recently, this ongoing crisis led to escalation and violent clashes across the Israel-Gaza border.

 30 October 2018

Food Security and Conflicts in the Mediterranean Region

The history of the world and of the Mediterranean Region is full of events during which agricultural and food issues played a significant role in the deployment of power strategies, the triggering of crises or the course of wars.

 26 September 2018

Jihadism in the Sahel: Exploiting Local Disorders

Since the ignition of the 2012 Malian crisis, violent armed movements claiming to fight in the name of Islam, known as jihadist groups, have become a major security threat for the countries of the Sahel.

 21 September 2018

The War and Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen: A Forgotten Conflict?

The war in Yemen has long been described as hidden or forgotten. It has been going on, however, for over three years and it immediately generated a large-scale humanitarian crisis, described the worst in the contemporary world.

 19 September 2018

Syria 2017: Taking Stock of a Multifaceted War

In the long and complex war that is sweeping Syria, 2017 was the year of the military victory over ISIS and the emergence of the Kurdish question. However, as in previous years, this did not bring the conflict any closer to a solution.

 20 August 2018

The Syrian Conflict: A Hostage to Geopolitics

If one thing has become clear after eight years of war it is that the international community has unequivocally failed when it comes to finding a solution to the Syrian conflict.

 15 August 2018

A Step toward Regional Stability: Montenegro Joins NATO

On 5 June 2017, Montenegro became the 29th member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Not surprisingly, it was almost a footnote in the international agenda of an eventful year.

 23 July 2018