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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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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

Libya: A Failed State in the Middle of the Mediterranean

The Turkish intervention in Libya has changed the course of the conflict. The heterogeneous coalition of militias which support the Government of National Accord (GNA) has recovered almost all of Tripolitania.

 14 August 2020

Libya: The Keys of the Conflict

From 2011 begins a wave of protests in the Arab world known as the "Arab Spring". In the case of Libya, the fall of the Gaddafi regime led to an intermittent confrontation between armed factions, with regional and international support.

 20 February 2020

Violent Extremism in the South and East of the Mediterranean and the Balkans

CONNEKT is a European research project, led by the IEMed, which examines what can push a process of radicalization towards violent extremism among young people between 12 and 30 years.

 10 February 2020

Security Challenges and Authoritarian Resilience in the Levant in a Regional and International Perspective – The Case of Jordan

As a result of regional conflicts, Palestinian refugees have played an important role in defining Jordanian foreign and security policy. The question of the Palestinians in Jordan constitutes a significant issue in regional politics.

 5 February 2020

Germany’s Security Assistance to Tunisia: A Boost to Tunisia’s Long-Term Stability and Democracy?

Tunisia’s democratic transition remains fragile. In order for Tunisia’s stability and democratic rule to succeed in the long term, Security Sector Reform is essential.

 7 November 2019

Security Challenges And Authoritarian Resilience – The Case of Jordan

At the end of 2019, the Syrian crisis remains a tragic reality. Regional and international actors will have to face serious political and social difficulties in meeting the challenges of the crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean region.

 7 November 2019

Peace According to Real Estate Dealers

Most details of the hyped peace plan for the Israelis and Palestinians, prepared by the Trump administration, are unknown: what is in it, when it will be announced, and who, if anyone, will sit down to negotiate.

 25 October 2019

EU Cybersecurity Capacity Building in the Mediterranean and the Middle East

The 2008 Report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy included “cybersecurity” for the first time among the priorities of the EU’s external action.

 10 October 2019

Three Steps in Ensuring Digital Security of Egyptian Activists Abroad

The tight grip of the Egyptian government on the digital sphere has turned the 2011 “generation protest”, empowered at a time by social media revolution, into, what today many call, “generation jail”.

 8 October 2019

Egypt Engulfed by Militarism

More than eight years after the 2011 uprising that toppled 30-year ruler Hosni Mubarak and six years after the military coup against Mohammed Morsi, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi tightens his grip on Egypt.

 1 October 2019

Defence Expenditures in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf Region: The Impact on Regional Security

The Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf region remain an extremely turbulent and unstable neighbourhood. There is a general failure of governance and a long list of frequently interacting security problems.

 28 September 2019