Back after a brief break, EuroMeSCo’s e-News 27 presents an article by Alfred Tovias, Director of the Leonard Davis Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on Israel’s perception of the Union for the Mediterranean project. This newsletter also outlines EuroMeSCo’s most recent publications and activities, highlighting its upcoming Annual Conference - to be held in Amman on 16-17 October, in collaboration with the Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS). Finally, readers will be briefed on some events that made the headlines during the summer months. This month’s profile introduces EuroMeSCo’s new Syrian partner institute – the Orient Centre for International Studies (OCIS).

EuroMeSCo’s July newsletter number 26 features an extended critical report by Roberto Aliboni, Vice-President of the Rome-based IAI, on the theme of EuroMeSCo’s 2nd Preparatory Meeting – security, securitisation and reform – held in late June, in preparation for the 2008 EuroMeSCo Annual Conference. Readers are also provided with an overview of the recent Union for the Mediterranean summit in Paris, as well as information on the Call for Papers launched by the EuroMeSCo secretariat within the context of its upcoming Annual Conference. CEPS, the Centre for European Policy Studies, is this month’s profiled research institute.

EuroMeSCo’s e-news nº 25 presents detailed reports on two recent EuroMeSCo events, held in Budapest and in Portorož, which respectively addressed the issues of nuclear proliferation and region-building initiatives in the Euro-Mediterranean area. Readers are also offered a run-down of the last Euro-Med events to officially take place under the auspices of the Slovenian EU Presidency. Further news includes the publication of two new EuroMeSCo papers, on the subject of Morocco and on the “Mediterranean Union” project.  This month, the EuroMeSCo Profile highlights the French research institute CERI – Sciences Po.

EuroMeSCo’s newsletter n. 24 features an article by Rania Safar, Research Assistant at the EuroMeSCo secretariat, on the recent developments in Lebanon, and within this context, presents two extracts from the interviews held with Salam Kawakibi and Samir El-Khoury regarding the Damascus Arab League Summit, held 29-30 March 2008. A report on EuroMeSCo’s 1st Preparatory Meeting, in the run-up to the 2008 Annual Conference, and which took place in Tunis in April, is also included. Finally, readers are provided with an update of recent Euromed events, along with the results of EuroMeSCo’s last opinion poll on the inclusion of Mauritania and Albania into the EMP. The Turkish FPI is the EuroMeSCo member institute profiled this month.

EuroMeSCo’s e-news nº 23 highlights two perspectives on the Annapolis peace process for Palestine, presented by Yossi Alpher and Ghassan Khatib, co-editors of “bitterlemons” publications. A full report on EuroMeSCo’s latest research workshop, held in Warsaw, on national and EU policies vis-à-vis the Southern Mediterranean is also featured. Finally, this month’s newsletter profiles the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) in Poland and offers an overview of recent Euro-Mediterranean events.

EuroMeSCo’s e-news nº 22 presents an article by Dr. Ahmed Driss, Director of the Centre for Mediterranean and International Studies (CEMI), based in Tunis, on the controversial initiative proposed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, now referred to as the Union for the Mediterranean. This newsletter also offers the conclusions of the recently-held EuroMeSCo Quarterly Seminar on Annapolis, as reported by the seminar Chairman and Senior Project Manager of the EuroMeSCo secretariat, Gonçalo Santa Clara Gomes. The Italian IAI is this month’s featured member institute, and readers will also be provided with an update on European Commission meetings related to the Euro-Mediterranean region.

EuroMeSCo’s e-news nº 21 features an article by Dr. Stephen Calleya, Director of the MEDAC, Malta, on the recent admission of Mauritania and Albania into the EMP and the future of region-building in the Mediterranean space. This newsletter also provides readers with an overview of the new features of EuroMeSCo’s website, together with information on the conclusions of two recent Euromed meetings, organised under the Slovenian presidency of the EU. As always, this is complemented by a proposed list of relevant publications, as well as a presentation of a recent EuroMeSCo member institute – the Centre for the Study of European Politics and Society, at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

EuroMeSCo's newsletter nº 20 features an article by Dr. Tobias Schumacher, Deputy Project Manager of the EuroMeSCo secretariat and Coordinator of the Research and Information Programme, on the state of Euro-Mediterranean relations after Lisbon'07, and an article by Dr. Eduard Soler i Lecha, Coordinator of the Mediterranean Programme at CIDOB Foundation, and Laia Carbonell, Research Assistant at CIDOB Foundation, on a recently held conference on security in the Mediterranean. This newsletter also announces the results of a recent EuroMeSCo opinion poll on the Mediterranean Union. 

EuroMeSCo’s newsletter nº 19 features an article by Dr. Sarah Collinson, an independent consultant on international migration, refugee protection and humanitarian policies, on migration and its relations with freedom, security and justice in the Euro-Mediterranean area. It also announces the arrival of Mr. Gonçalo Santa Clara Gomes at the EuroMeSCo secretariat, and provides an overview on some of the latest international publications on Euro-Mediterranean matters.

EuroMeSCo’s newsletter nº18 features an article by Kivanç Ulusoy, Research Fellow at the CES-METU, Ankara, on Turkey-EU relations since the opening of EU membership negotiations in 2005, as well as an article by Omneya Farouk, currently research assistant at the IEEI, Lisbon, on the recently held parliamentary elections in Morocco. It provides its readers with the findings of the latest EuroMeSCo research workshop entitled “Democracy and Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Area” that was held in Cambridge on 27-28 September 2007, together with the results of a recently conducted EuroMeSCo opinion poll.