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Climatic Change and Environmental Disasters in the Mediterranean Area

Rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and increased frequency of extreme weather events are some of the key challenges faced by the Mediterranean region. The Mediterranean climate is already experiencing the impacts of climate change,...

 9 September 2023

Palestine: Small Revolutions, Major Deadlock

The gap between the Palestinian population and those who govern it and delay any solution to the political situation in Palestine is only widening and delaying any solution to the political situation.

 9 September 2023

Opportunities and Challenges for Conflict Resolution and Border Delimitation in the Eastern Mediterranean post Israel-Lebanon Agreement

Energy findings highlighted bilateral and multilateral relations between and among the East Med littoral states. Importantly, natural resources enabled collaboration between states and led to a number of bilateral agreements, including maritime delim...

 9 September 2023

Escaping the MENA Debt Crisis

Much has been written about the weaknesses of the MENA economies: their low level of innovation and labour productivity, the lack of dynamism and informality of their private sector, and the decaying capacity of their states and decline in the qualit...

 4 September 2023

Can Mediterranean Value Chains Offer a Path of Development to the South?

A prosperous North adjacent to a much poorer South, often with colonial or post-colonial linkages shaping the relationship between the two parts. Increasingly, the North has been moving towards stronger political integration, further expanding the po...

 4 September 2023

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Arab and Mediterranean States: Impact and Reactions

Arab and Southern Mediterranean countries deplore the Russian invasion of Ukraine but do not align themselves with the “bellicose escalation” of the protagonists.

 4 September 2023

Macron’s Rethoric on Internal Security, Republican Values and Radical Islam

Since Macron’s accession to the French Presidency in 2017, internal security, Republican values and radical Islam have joined immigration at the top of the French public debate

 4 September 2023

Chinese Military Influence in the Mediterranean

While in the seas and oceans adjacent to China hard power is increasingly visible, and this after years of soft power measures, in the Mediterranean we are still in the soft power phase in terms of Beijing’s projection.

 4 September 2023

The Green Transition in Mediterranean Countries: Challenges and Perspectives

The Mediterranean is one of the most vulnerable areas to sea-level rises: coastal exposure and coastal GDP are twice as high as the rest of the world. Among climate-related problems, water scarcity plays a central role in the MED area.

 4 September 2023

The Union for the Mediterranean in 2023: Stocktaking and Food for Impact

The UfM has been consolidated as an institution with no regional alternative but it's impact on the ground is severely hampered by a limited political mandate and human and economic resources.

 4 September 2023