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Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood

The new NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Photo: NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

Global trends in the energy sector and their implication on energy security in NATO’s southern neighbourhood

The global energy landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. Failing to recognise its megatrends would be detrimental to the development of energy strategies

By Rim Berahab
08 Sep 2020 //
24 mins Reading time
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Rome 2018 Mediterranean Dialogues Conference. Photo: NATO (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Future of Europe Analyses

Emerging security challenges in NATO’s southern neighbourhood

NATO has always had a southern exposure. Today’s strategic environment provides a new context for this traditional question, but also raises fundamental questions of geography, alliance politics and a shared approach to risks.

By Ian Lesser
03 Jul 2020 //
13 mins Reading time
Satellite image of the Mediterranean sea. Image: NASA (Public domain)
Future of Europe Working Papers

Thirty years of EU-Mediterranean Policies (1989-2019): an assessment

This working paper seeks to present a critical overview of the EU’s latest major Mediterranean policies, analysing the context, the text and the pretext of each of these policies.

By Haizam Amirah-Fernández, Bichara Khader
27 Apr 2020 //
5 mins Reading time
Al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah Street in the city of Salfit (Palestine), after the implementation of the mandatory quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) (25/3/2020). Photo: أمين (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0)
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

Coronavirus in Arab countries: passing storm, opportunity for change or regional catastrophe?

Coronavirus in Arab countries: passing storm, opportunity for change or regional catastrophe?

By Haizam Amirah-Fernández
06 Apr 2020 //
23 mins Reading time
Press conference by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Charles Michel, President of the European Council, following the European Leaders' video conference (EUCO) on COVID-19 (17/3/2020). Photo: Etienne Ansotte / EC – Audiovisual Service, ©European Union, 2020. Elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Iran, Libya, Turkey, and COVID-19: a ‘geopolitical Commission’ put to the test

The outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has put the new ‘geopolitical Commission’ under another stress test.

27 Mar 2020 //
7 mins Reading time
Image of the Society 5.0 campaign by the Japanese government
Future of Europe Analyses

Society 5.0: EU-Japanese cooperation and the opportunities and challenges posed by the data economy

The EU and Japan must increase their efforts to become strategic players if they want to grasp the opportunities offered by Society 5.0.

By Ana Gascón Marcén
04 Feb 2020 //
19 mins Reading time
Saudi G20. Riyadh north skyline (Saudi Arabia). Photo: B.alotaby (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0). Elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

A Saudi G20: the global projection of domestic reforms

The Saudis take over the presidency of the G20 in 2020, something the government wants to use to draw its reforms to the world’s attention.

By Andrés Ortega
04 Feb 2020 //
6 mins Reading time
Pirates (of football) in the Gulf versus Qatar’s soft power. Offices of beIN Sports in Doha (Qatar). Photo: jbdodane (CC BY-NC 2.0). elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Pirates (of football) in the Gulf versus Qatar’s soft power

A dispute between Arab neighbours has turned into a battle of sports rights that extends as far as Spain’s top-flight football competition

By Ángel Badillo Matos
17 Sep 2019 //
10 mins Reading time
Local residents watch the action of security forces in Oued Ellil, west of Tunis, capital of Tunisia, on Oct. 24, 2014. Photo: Xinhua/Pan Chaoyue (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

From the depths to the surface: conflict drivers in the MENA region

2011 Arab uprisings as a breaking point announcing the need for a regime overhaul in the region, and therefore a long overdue revision of Western policy

By Maria Rodríguez Schaap, Joost Hiltermann
12 Jun 2019 //
16 mins Reading time

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