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Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

Morocco's Parliament building in Rabat. Photo: Pedro (CC BY 2.0)
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

The Moroccan elections of 2021: a new political architecture for a new development model

The National Rally of Independents party won a threefold victory in the parliamentary, municipal and regional elections held in Morocco on 8 September 2021

By Bernabé López García, Said Kirhlani
01 Oct 2021 //
22 mins Reading time
Presidential candidate Seyyed Ibrahim Ra'isi cast his ballot in the presidential election on Friday morning at the Ershad Mosque.
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

Iran’s presidential election 2021: what to expect from Ebrahim Raisi’s first term

The implications of Ebrahim Raisi’s victory in the 2021 Iranian presidential election.The impact of the elections on the Iranian political system.

By Luciano Zaccara
16 Jul 2021 //
18 mins Reading time
A moment to reflect: Creating Euro-Mediterranean bonds that deliver. CIDOB, Elcano Royal Institute and Friedrich Naumann Foundation Madrid
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Monographs

A moment to reflect: Creating Euro-Mediterranean bonds that deliver

By Haizam Amirah-Fernández, Eduard Soler i Lecha, Carmen Descamps
02 Jul 2021 //
2 mins Reading time
Crisis between Morocco and Spain: the risks of Trump’s gift. Border between Ceuta and Fnideq/Castillejos (Morocco). Photo: José Sáez (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Crisis between Morocco and Spain: the risks of Trump’s gift

Trump recognising Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed territory of the Western Sahara, does not come without risks for Morocco itself.

By Haizam Amirah-Fernández
31 May 2021 //
5 mins Reading time
Israel’s trilemma. Israeli flag in Jerusalem. Photo: Taylor Brandon (@house_42)
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Israel’s trilemma

It is not possible to be at the same time a Jewish state, to have a democratic character and to control all its territories.

By Haizam Amirah-Fernández
25 May 2021 //
5 mins Reading time
Desert landscape on the coast of Western Sahara. In the background, the beach, the sea and the blue sky.
China, the US and the new world order Analyses

Western Sahara: can a Trump tweet lead to unlocking the stalemate?

The US President Donald Trump recognised Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara The new Biden Administration still has to make an statement

By Haizam Amirah-Fernández, Isabelle Werenfels
07 Apr 2021 //
11 mins Reading time
Turkey and the European Union flags. Photo: Ian Usher (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

After the European Council: is there a formula for stability with an unpredictable Turkey?

It still is in the EU’s interest to have a rules-based relationship with Turkey. An unstable Turkey will be a source of instability for the Union as well.

By Ilke Toygür
29 Mar 2021 //
6 mins Reading time
Great power rivalry in the Middle East. Rivalry in the Middle East, collage. Photo: Emma Muñoz Descalzo / ©Real Instituto Elcano.
International Security Experts Comments

Great power rivalry in the Middle East

Today three external powers –the US, China and Russia– are the leading players behind great power rivalry in the Middle East.

By Wojciech Michnik
18 Jan 2021 //
13 mins Reading time
EUTM Mali - Transfer of authority in the European Training Mission in Mali. Photo: European External Action Service (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

A logic of its own: the external presence in the Sahel

The current instability in the Sahel has attracted a heavy international security presence to the region which has taken on a logic of its own

By Nina Wilén
24 Nov 2020 //
15 mins Reading time

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