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The missing spring in the EU’s Mediterranean policies TGAE-Elcano 1/2013 - 22/3/2013 Haizam Amirah-Fernández and Timo Behr The fall of the wall of fear in Arab societies represents a major challenge, of unknown proportions for Europe, but also an unprecedented opportunity for building a new regional stability based on good governance, inclusive development and mutually beneficial exchanges.
A Political Economy Perspective on North Africa’s Transitions WP 3/2013 - 30/1/2013 Gonzalo Escribano From the point of view of political economy, a crucial point is whether the wave of popular revolts that overthrew the incumbent regimes will consolidate into economically-viable liberal democracies, and in what economic direction Algeria and Morocco will move, since to date they have been spared regime changes with a high budgetary cost.
Mirages of the Anxious Brotherhood Expert Comment 7/2013 - 18/1/2013 Haizam Amirah-Fernández On 25 January many Egyptians will be commemorating the second anniversary of the revolt that brought down the Mubarak dictatorship. If the Muslim Brothers’ grass-roots and youth supporters fail to correct their leaders’ authoritarian drift, the revolutionaries’ rage may well be directed at the Brotherhood.
Challenges for the Financial Systems and the Monetary Policy Regimes in Southern Mediterranean Countries After the Crisis (ARI) ARI 13/2012 - 5/3/2012 Pilar L’Hotellerie-Fallois, Luis Orgaz and Pedro del Río This ARI reviews some aspects of the financial systems and the design and implementation of monetary policy regimes by central banks in the southern Mediterranean countries in order to assess the scope for changes in these areas.
The Economic Crisis and the Emerging Powers: Towards a New International Order? 20/2/2012 Robin Niblett The real challenges to the existing international order will come not from the established or emerging powers, but from global forces that are beyond their control and also from those non-state entities and groups which seek to undermine the process of globalisation that links all states and societies ever closer together.
Tour d’ Horizon 27/6/2011 HRH Prince Turki AlFaisal Speech by HRH Prince Turki AlFaisal of Saudi Arabia at the Elcano Royal Institute (Madrid) on 26 September 2011.
The International Energy Agency Responds to the Libyan Crisis (ARI) ARI 117/2011 (Translated from Spanish) - 21/7/2011 Gonzalo Escribano On 23 June, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced the release of 60 million barrels of its members’ strategic petroleum reserves in July. In justifying the move, the IEA cited the need to mitigate the effects of the Libyan crisis, but it has been interpreted as a call for the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to boost production and not jeopardise the economic recovery, as well as giving Saudi Arabia time to make the announced production increase materialise.
Elcano Dossier on the Arab Unrest Nº 3 21/7/2011 Silvia Montero and Juan A. Sánchez, Elcano Royal Institute Monthly analysis of the Arab unrest highlights.
Elcano Dossier on the Arab Unrest Nº 2 13/6/2011 Silvia Montero and Juan A. Sánchez, Elcano Royal Institute Monthly analysis of the Arab unrest highlights.
Towards a Paradigm Shift in Euro-Mediterranean Relations (ARI) ARI 76/2011 (Translated from Spanish) - 10/6/2011 Haizam Amirah-Fernández and Eduard Soler i Lecha Euro-Mediterranean relations call for a ‘mental revolution’ on the European side in order to truly understand and react to the wave of changes that are extending throughout the Arab countries and transforming their societies’ political culture.
Reframing the Libyan Narrative (ARI) ARI 96/2011 - 23/5/2011 Ronald Bruce St John The rebel movement in Libya is slowly building on its limited military capacity and experience and is making good progress in achieving domestic and international legitimacy, but much remains to be done before it is a functional state.
Elcano Dossier on the Arab Unrest Nº 1 10/5/2011 Elcano Royal Institute Monthly analysis of the Arab unrest highlights.
Recent Arrivals of Migrants and Asylum Seekers by Sea to Italy: Problems and Reactions (ARI) ARI 75/2011 - 13/4/2011 Paola Monzini The Italian government’s answer to the mass arrival of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers since the beginning of the present wave of political turmoil in North Africa must be seen in the context of both domestic political issues and international constraints.
Human Rights: An Obstacle to Peace in the Western Sahara? (ARI) ARI 47/2011 (Translated from Spanish) - 11/4/2011 Renata Capella Soler The establishment of a human rights monitoring mechanism in the Western Sahara, preferably through an expansion of MINURSO’s mandate, would change the underlying dynamics of the conflict and allow for progress in the negotiation process.
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