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Dialogue Workshop “Transformation in Tunisia: The First Five Years”
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In the framework of the EuroMeSCo ENI Project, the Finnish Institute of International Affairs organises a workshop on 4 November in Tunis, whose aim is to present and discuss with policy makers, academics, researchers and practitioners of various fields, preliminary research results of the research group on Tunisia.
The workshop will review and assess the social and political developments in the country since 2010, with a focus on governance, security, economy and religion and reflect on the major impediments to the achievement of revolutionary goals.
Participation to this workshop is by invitation only.
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Dialogue Workshop “Mapping Migration Challenges in the EU Transit and Destination Countries"
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 On 26 October, the Institute of Foreign Affairs and Trade hosted a workshop in Budapest on challenges related to the influx of migrants and refugees into the selected EU transit and destination countries.
Members of the EuroMeSCo research group on migration had a chance to present their initial research findings to the other participants, including researchers from the network, as well as key experts and practitioners on the issue.
The report from the workshop will be published soon on www.euromesco.net
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Dialogue Workshop “Future of Syria”
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 Last October 11, the Global Political Trends Center organised in Istanbul a workshop entitled "Future of Syria". 30 participants, including researchers from the network, civil society representatives and academics discussed the preliminary results of the EuroMeSCo research group on the future of Syria. Among the main issues debated were national reconciliation and protection of minorities; military, security and counter-terrorism; state-building; and peace-keeping, reconstruction and development.
The event was organised under EuroMeSCo ENI Project, co-funded by the European Union and the IEMed.
The report from the workshop will be published soon on www.euromesco.net
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EuroMeSCo Policy Briefing vol. 2
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The second edition of EuroMeSCo Policy Briefing took place in the headquarters of the EEAS in Brussels on 21 October. The meeting, whose focus was on Tunisia, was attended by the representatives from the EU Council working group dealing with Maghreb-Mashrek (“MaMa”). EuroMeSCo was represented by Hamza Meddeb (ECFR, London). The meeting was held under Chatham House Rule.
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EuroMeSCo Publications
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EuroMeSCo Paper 30
Counter-Terrorism Policies in Egypt: Effectiveness and Challenges
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 By Eman Ragab
This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis of the national policies adopted by the Egyptian government to counter domestic terrorism since the election of president el-Sisi in June 2014. It argues that the dispersal of the Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins in Raba'a square and al-Nahda square in August 2013 unleashed a more complex wave of domestic terrorism in comparison to the waves of terrorism the country encountered decades ago. It also argues that the counterterrorism policies adopted at the national level to confront this wave are developed along the way in light of the lessons learned from confrontations with the terrorists.
The paper is divided into three sections. The first section identifies the main aspects of this new wave of domestic terrorism in Northern Sinai and in the mainland. The second section examines the counterterrorism policies adopted at the national level through a model of analysis containing three levels: targeting the terrorists, helping the victims, and preventing the spread of radicalism. The third section identifies the challenges that limit the effectiveness of these policies.
The conclusion suggests a number of policy options to the Egyptian government and its European partners to strengthen the capacity of the government in countering terrorism.
Read the Paper
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EuroMeSCo Policy Brief 66
Libyan Political Economy: Political Conflict, Crisis Management and Structural Reform
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By Ziad Akl
The ongoing political division and armed conflict in Libya have overshadowed the critical stage Libyan economy has reached. Libya’s only source of income, oil exports, was repeatedly threatened due to the fact that it became an integral dimension of the political and military conflict. Over the past two years, Libya’s oil production was reduced to levels that can hardly sustain the Libyan state. However, the political division and its effects are not the only problem with the Libyan economy. Any attempt of economic reform in Libya must address the structural faults that emerged as a result of Libya’s total dependence on oil revenues. Reforming the Libyan economy could be used as a tool to bring about political stability in a very troubled region.
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EuroMeSCo Upcoming Members' Events
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IIR - The Institute of International Relations
Tackling the Root Causes of the Migration Challenge in a Diverging Europe
1 November, Prague
IAI - Istituto Affari Internazionali
The EU-Turkey Deal and its Implications for the Asylum Capacities of EU Border Countries
In cooperation with Stiftung Mercator, Istanbul Policy Center and Mercator European Dialogue
4 November, Athens
Euromed-IHEDN
La France face à l'islamisme et au terrorisme de l'Etat islamique
9 November, Paris
OCP Policy Center
Low Carbon Renewable Energy: Lessons from MENA and Latin America Regions
10 November, Marrakech
Chatham House
Europe and its Neighbourhood
14 November, London
EGMONT - Royal Institute for International Relations
Criminal Pasts, Terrorist Futures: European Jihadists and the New Crime-Terror Nexus
14 November, Brussels
CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research
Vision Europe Summit 2016: Improving the Response to the Migration and Refugee Crisis in Europe
In cooperation with Bertelsmann Stiftung, Bruegel, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Chatham House, Compagnia di San Paolo, Jacques Delors Institute and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
21-22 November, Lisbon
Euromed-IHEDN
Défis de sécurité en Méditerranée depuis les révoltes arabes
30 November, Paris
IEMed - European Institute of the Mediterranean
North Africa Business & Development Forum 2016
In cooperation with ASCAME, Cambra de Comerç de Barcelona and Union for the Mediterranean
30 November, Barcelona
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Articles and analyses published
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ACPSS - Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies
L’avenir du Moyen-Orient : Quel nouvel ordre ?
Ahmad Kandil
ARI - Arab Reform Initiative
Yemen’s Houthis and Former President Saleh: An Alliance of Animosity
Maysa Shuja Al-Deen
Youth Radicalisation in Egypt and the Complicated Relationship to Violence
Sherif Mohy El Deen
Can NOC Save Libya?
Azza Kamel Maghur
Access to Information in the Arab World: A Battle for Open Societies
Carnegie Europe
Resilient Anchors in the Southern Mediterranean
Kristina Kausch
New Models of Economic Integration for Turkey and the UK
Sinan Ülgen
Carnegie Middle East Centre
Clausewitz in Syria
Yezid Sayigh
Chatham House
Morocco’s Missing Youth
Claire Spencer
New Social Enterprises in Jordan. Redefining the Meaning of Civil Society
Heab AlNasser
DIIS - Danish Institute for International Studies
The Unmaking of World Order
Lars Erslev Andersen
ECFR - European Council on Foreign Relations
Aleppo is Paying for Russia’s Imagined Global Threat
Mark Galeotti
EGMONT - Royal Institute of International Relations
The EU Global Strategy and Defence: The Challenge of Thinking Strategically About Means
Sven Biscop, Jo Coelmont
Elcano Royal Institute
A Political Economy of Low Oil Prices in Algeria
Gonzalo Escribano
EUISS - European Union Institute for Security Studies
Women in Daesh: Jihadist ‘Cheerleaders’, Active Operatives?
Florence Gaub, Julia Lisiecka
App and Coming: an ‘Uber Migration’?
Roderick Parkes
Civil-Military Relations in the MENA: Between Fragility and Resilience
Florence Gaub
FIIA - The Finnish Institute of International Affairs
No Endgame in Syria: Why Truces Are Impracticable and Peace Negotiations Challenging
Wolfgang Mühlberger
GIGA - German Institute of Global and Area Studies
The Arab Spring: Misconceptions and Prospects
Stephan Rosiny, Thomas Richter
GMF - German Marshall Fund
Saving Democracy Through Non-Democratic Means
Ilter Turan
IAI - Istituto Affari Internazionali
Youth Exclusion and the Transformative Impact of Organized Youth in Turkey
Ali Alper Akyüz, Pinar Gümüs, Volkan Yilmaz, Ferhat Mahir Çakaloz, Nurhan Yentürk
The New US President: Implications for the Middle East and North Africa
Robert Springborg
IEMed - European Institute of the Mediterranean
What Are the Alternatives with the Disappearance of the Two-State Solution?
Omar Shaban
Les ravages d’un coup d’État frustré
Henri J.Barkey
L’indépendance palestinienne devra attendre
Julio de la Guardia
Les TIC, clés pour les réfugiés
Killian Kleinschmidt
Euromed Insights 33
A weekly newsletter to be up-to-date with the main news and events of the Euro-Mediterranean Agenda
INSS - The Institute for National Security Studies
Deterrence, Miscalculation, and the Next Round
Amos Yadlin
Jordan Chooses Stability
Oded Eran
The United States on the Verge of Military Intervention against Assad?
Assaf Orion, Udi Dekel
ISPI - Italian Institute for International Political Studies
From Sinai to Negev: The Growing Terrorist Threat in Southern Israel
Giuseppe Dentice
What Ambition for Defence in the EU?
Giovanni Grevi
MEDEA - Institut européen de recherche sur la coopération Méditerranéenne et euro-arabe
La Méditerranée, carrefour des cultures entre Afrique, Asie et Europe
Geoffroy d’Aspremont
Les divisions entre musulmans : un problème politique principalement ?
Ikram Ben Aissa
Plusieurs islams : à la rencontre du chiisme à Bruxelles
Ikram Ben Aissa
MITVIM - The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies
Possible Benefits of American Parameters for the Two-State Solution
US Policies towards Israel and the Middle East (4-10)
Rebecca Bornstein (Ed.)
OCP Policy Center
La stratégie industrielle 2014- 2020 du Maroc et ses implications potentielles sur le processus de transformation structurelle
Karim El Mokri
Mobilité interne et migration : état des lieux et impacts socio-sécuritaires
Abdelhak Bassou
ORSAM - Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies
Why Take The Risk? Understanding Gulenists’ Involvement in the Thwarted Coup in Turkey
Saban Kardas
SWP - German Institute for International and Security Affairs
The Dynamics of a Right-wing Coalition. How the Failure of the Peace Processes Encourages Domestic Populism in Israel
Peter Lintl
Lebanon’s State of Erosion
Heiko Wimmen
The Moshe Dayan Center
The Fight against ISIS on SNS: The War for Hearts and Minds
Adam Hoffman
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