The project (September 2025-June 2026) aims at strengthening Italy’s role as a privileged interlocutor between the United States, Europe and key actors in the Middle East, contributing to regional…
Faced with multiple uncertainties, actors and conflicting interests among regional and international players in the Middle Eastern region, Italy and the European Union can play a role in fostering…
The initiative for a Mediterranean Women Mediators Network aims at fulfilling the need to increase the number of women involved in peacemaking efforts and facilitating the appointment of women…
In recent months, the Red Sea has become a focal point of the expanding conflict between Israel and Hamas, with repercussions not only on the stability of the Middle East but also on global trade…
The war in Ukraine, the energy crisis, and several initiatives to reshape regional and international partnerships and alliances have made the Southern Neighbourhood even more strategic for Italian…
SHAPEDEM-EU (October 2022-September 2025) sets out to rethink, reshape, and review the EU’s democracy support policies in its Eastern & Southern Neighbourhoods. Amidst the increasing contestation…
The Middle East continues to face overlapping challenges spanning both the domestic and regional/international layers. Located at the centre of geopolitical clashes between conflicting regional axes,…
With the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan and the continuation of overlapping security and stability challenges across much of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), foreign policy…
The emergence of a National Unity Government (GNU) led by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in mid-March 2021 had initially given rise to cautious optimism for the Libyan transition. Yet, many…
BRIDGES aims to understand migration narratives in a context of increasing politicisation and polarisation by focusing on six European countries: France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, and the…
A decade after the outbreak of protests in the Arab world, the processes of contestation and grassroots mobilisation continue to impact the Middle East. With the aim of understanding continuity and…
Prediction and management of migration are a major challenge for the European Union and also for many different stakeholder groups that provide resources and assistance to migrants along their…