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Solving the Name Issue: An Act of Political Bravery with a High Political Price

The conflict between the now renamed Republic of North Macedonia and Greece over the use of the term “Macedonia” started at the beginning of the 1990s. What followed was a decade of nationalist escalation.

 23 September 2020

The “Balkan Route” Three Years after Its Closure

Three years after the closure of the “Balkan route,” thousands of migrants still find themselves stranded in the countries of southeastern Europe without safe and legal pathways to protection in the wealthier northern and western EU Member States...

 31 October 2019

#MeToo and the History of “Hashtag Feminism” in the MENA Region

Before the online viral #MeToo campaign stormed the globe in October 2017, since 2011 there have been several influential social media campaigns championing women’s rights in the MENA region.

 27 October 2019

Russia’s Energy Politics and Its Relevance for the European Union

Since Vladimir Putin has been in power in Moscow, oil and gas have been an integral part of Russia’s strategy to regain influence on the world stage.

 26 October 2019

Perspectives of Container Shipping in the Western Mediterranean

In recent decades, container shipping has undergone a series of transformations as a result of both maritime and terrestrial stakeholders seeking bigger economies of scale. These transformations have led to the consolidation of a number of trends .

 25 October 2019

North Africa More African than Ever: Maghreb Countries towards ECOWAS

Though North Africa has long been seen as separate from the rest of the continent, recent years have brought growing rhetoric around the engagement of Maghreb countries with sub-Saharan Africa.

 24 October 2019

The Idea of Balkan Regional Economic Integration

Regional economic integration in the Balkans is not a new idea, but it has received new attention in recent years with the “Berlin Process” and the renewed engagement of the European Union with the six Western Balkan countries.

 23 October 2019

Climate Change in the MENA Region: Environmental Risks, Socioeconomic Effects and Policy Challenges for the Future

The Middle East and North Africa region has always been dependent on agriculture and climatic conditions- However, existing climatic and demographic trends cast serious doubts on its capacity to sustain the local population and economy in the future....

 21 October 2019

Trade Networks in the MENA Region

Forecasts for economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) stand at between a modest 1.5 and 3.5 percent for the period 2019-2021. This growth is also likely to be heterogeneous, with some laggards and a few emerging growth stars.

 21 October 2019

Innovation in the MENA Region

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is experiencing huge economic and political transformations under the pressure of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings. But, there is a potential for greater and better growth-

 20 October 2019