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SHAPEDEM-EU: Rethinking and Reshaping the EU’s democracy support in its Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood
Start/End: 2022 - currentSHAPEDEM-EU sets out to rethink, reshape, and review the EU’s democracy support policies in its Eastern & Southern Neighbourhoods. Amidst the increasing contestation of the EU and the...
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Iraq: From Crisis Hotspot to Promoter of Inter-Regional Dialogue and Reconciliation
Start/End: 2022 - currentThe 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...
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European Think Tanks Contact Group on Libya. Towards a new common European narrative on Libya
Start/End: 2021 - currentThe 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...
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BRIDGES – Bridges to assess the production and impact of migration narratives
Start/End: 2020 - currentBRIDGES 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...
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IT FLOWS - IT Tools and Methods for Managing Migration Flows
Start/End: 2020 - currentPrediction 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...
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Mediterranean Women Mediators Network (MWMN)
Start/End: 2017 - currentThe 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...
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New-Med Research Network: The Future of Cooperation in the Mediterranean
Start/End: 2014 - currentEstablished in June 2014, the New-Med Research Network is an independent research and engagement initiative combining track II and track I.5 formats to address underlining security and socio-...
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EU-Middle East Network in Action – EUMENIA
Start/End: 2018 - 2022EUMENIA is a Jean Monnet Network co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union for a duration of 3 years (2018-2021). It was led by the University of Amsterdam and encompassed seven...
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Re-configuring EU-Turkey Relations: New Visions for Foreign Policy Cooperation towards a Shared Regional Future
Start/End: 2022 - 2022With 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...
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10 years of protests in the Middle East and North Africa. Dynamics of mobilization in a complex (geo)political environment
Start/End: 2020 - 2021A 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...
