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Over the last decade, the Mediterranean and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has experienced profound and far-reaching social, political and economic transformations that have...

21/09/2020

Covid-19, the related economic crisis, and the shock in oil and gas prices could serve as a catalyst for transformative changes...

03/08/2020

Paradoxically, Israel’s threat of annexation of part of the West Bank should be viewed as an opportunity to focus on a decades-...

30/07/2020

Covid-19 has not hit North Africa as violently as Europe, but governments have adopted strict measures, with significant consequences on human rights...

20/07/2020

In partnership with the Istituto Affari Internationali (IAI), Friends of Europe is launching its study on Italy and the future of European defence and Mediterranean security in Rome and Brussels....

24/02/2020

Energy is a major driver for encouraging economic forecasts in the Mediterranean despite persistent political tensions in the area. To address this shortcoming...

21/02/2020


Despite its oil wealth, the Middle East and North Africa is economically stagnating. Growth rates are comparatively unfavorable and insufficient to substantially improve citizens’ lives....

18/02/2020

The current international food system is broken. Acknowledging the nexus between food and water in Mediterranean cities is essential to launch a...

07/01/2020


Despite a large unexpressed renewable potential, in the last few years Algeria has taken its first steps towards the energy transition, witnessed by the recent adoption of a plan for the...

19/11/2019

A New-Med event - in cooperation with the Centre for European Perspective of Slovenia - on social and geopolitical transformations in the Mediterranean and the prospects of regional cooperation....

24/09/2019