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Conditionality, Economic Restructuring and Intensified Repression: A Global Approach

More than one decade after the so-called Arab Spring, the social and economic concerns motivating the uprisings are yet to be addressed meaningfully by the respective countries' governments.

 4 September 2023

Syria and the Arab League: A Reconciliation Foretold

On 7 May 2023, a summit of foreign ministers in Cairo approved Syria’s readmission to the Arab League. This despite the fact that the Syrian regime has committed multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity.

 4 September 2023

Prospects of Post-conflict Reconstruction in Libya

Since the collapse of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has been floundering through a transition that does not seem to have an end. Several years of conflict have had a dramatic impact on Libya’s economy and shattered the country’s in...

 4 September 2023

Algeria: Hiding Continuity and Immobilism behind the Mask of the “New Algeria”

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has established a narrative about a "new Algeria". Yet, it barely conceals the challenges the country faces to renew its political, economic and even diplomatic plans.

 4 September 2023

Towards a More GRASSROOT EU Foreign Policy in the MENA Region? A Glossary

The EU’s foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa region seeks to uncover any development that would be tantamount to a more GRASSROOT EU’s foreign policy in that region.

 4 September 2023

Digitalization for the Green Transition in the Mediterranean

The European Union has created a dual green and digital transition agenda that aims to integrate its hitherto independent policy sectors. The fact that this new strategy has a geopolitical component and is both inward and forward looking is notable....

 4 September 2023

China in North Africa. From Revolutionary Politics to the New Silk Road

Beijing has been engaged in a comprehensive economic and diplomatic offensive that is challenging European dominance in North Africa. China’s presence in North Africa is driven by its desire to expand its global market access while securing key nat...

 4 September 2023

EU Enlargement Policy: A Stepping Stone to a New Security Architecture

As a peace-building project at its core, which achieved success via economic integration, democracy promotion and diplomacy, the EU should draw on its strengths to find new ways in which it can render its own experience useful in today’s world affa...

 4 September 2023

Influence of Populism on the European Migration Agenda

Right-wing populist parties and movements constitute a rising force in several EU Member States. They have gained greater public support in the last decade amidst two crises: the global financial crisis in 2008, and the so-called refugee crisis in 20...

 4 September 2023

Algeria and Morocco in Africa: Between Normal Competition and Diplomatic Escalation

Tensions between Algeria and Morocco have had considerable consequences across the African continent. Their rivalry has undermined regional institutions but also stimulated a potentially beneficial economic competition.

 4 September 2023