Briefs / Focus / Spot Ons
- Policy Brief
Dazed and Confused : Russian “Information Warfare” and the Middle East – The Syria Lessons
“Information warfare” is conceived by the Russian leadership as a potent instrument to achieve its foreign policy objectives. Russian informational strategy following Syria chemical attacks aimed at dividing Western leaders.
27 febrero 2019
- Policy Brief
Challenges Faced by Syrian Refugees in the Higher Education Systems of Host Countries and How to Overcome Them. Lessons Learned from Jordan
The Syrian crisis had a significant impact on most of the countries hosting Syrian refugees. Host countries developed new approaches to deal with the consequences of the prolonged stay of refugees.
25 febrero 2019
- Spot On
The EU-Arab Summit: A Chance to Reset Relations With the Arab World?
Leaders of the EU and the Arab League states are to meet in Sharm el Sheikh in an unprecedented encounter. With the stakes as they are, neither Europe nor the Arab world can afford a failure.
21 febrero 2019
- Policy Brief
Merchants of Fear. Discursive Securitization of the Refugee Crisis in the Visegrad Group Countries
Since the beginning of the refugee crisis politicians from the Visegrad group states have been infamously vocal in their aversion to the asylum seekers. This despite the fact that their countries were among the least affected by refugee movements.
7 enero 2019
- Policy Brief
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 noviembre 2018
- Policy Brief
Building a Youth Euro-Med Community through Learning and Research Mobility: Incubators and Obstacles
Mobility and fieldwork are key drivers of the quality of academic and scientific research. However, those are not always easily accessible to researchers from the southern shore of the Mediterranean.
26 noviembre 2018
- Spot On
Oslo + 25, Lessons Learned and Ways Forward
The Oslo Accords have been the subject of considerable debate ever since the agreement was signed in 1993. 25 years later, an almost desperate situation paradoxically opens a window of opportunity for Europe.
19 noviembre 2018
- Spot On
Recovering EU – Egypt Relations, But Core Political Issues Remain
The eighth EU - Egypt Association Council is due to meet on 20 December 2018. The EU - Egypt relationship holds great potential for socio-economic cooperation, while political issues remain unresolved.
19 noviembre 2018
- Policy Brief
Morocco’s Political Use of Islam and its Religious Diplomacy
After the 2003 bombing attacks in Casablanca, Morocco has been seeking to limit the influence of opposing religious doctrines to the “Moroccan official Islam”. This was followed by a restructuring of the religious field.
7 noviembre 2018
- Policy Brief
New Wine into Old Wineskins? Addressing Patterns of Institutional Development in Euro-Mediterranean Relations in the Wake of the So-Called “EU Refugee Crisis”
Since 2015 EU Member States have been calling for a reform of common migration policies. However, the most powerful and influential MS managed to hinder any attempt to communitarise responsibility for decisions.
29 octubre 2018
- Focus
Trade, Security and Neoliberal Politics: Whither Arab Reform?
Although large-scale protests were driven by a combination of political and socioeconomic factors and grievances, they have yielded many different outcomes.
26 julio 2018
- Policy Brief
Civil Society in Action – Promoting Sub-Regional Cooperation Between CSOs as a Way Forward?
Eastern Mediterranean states are facing numerous domestic challenges to their democratic institutions. The region is highly heterogeneous in terms of these challenges. But there are also common ones, including empowering CSOs.
5 julio 2018