After heightened tensions between the United States and Iran during the Trump administration, the risk of an all-out war in the Persian Gulf has dangerously increased. While international attention is currently focused on the way in which the new US Read More …
Both MENA regimes and opposition groups are closely following the formation of the new US administration, in particular the names of those who will be in charge of Middle Eastern files, in order to figure out the directions of US Read More …
An online roundtable organised by the Middle East Directions Programmein collaboration with the PREVEX (Preventing Violent Extremism in the Balkans and the MENA) and theRADEX (Contextualizing Radicalization: the politics of violent extremism) projects. In academic and political discourses on radicalization Read More …
Given the US-Iran tensions during the Trump administration, the substantial reshaping of the regional order produced by international and regional actors’ interventions in local conflicts, and the need to rescue the nuclear deal (JCPOA), the Iran file is likely to Read More …
Do peace agreements necessarily mean the end of conflicts? An essential first step to ending civil conflict is the signature of a peace agreement between rival factions. Although such arrangement may contribute to the immediate end of conflict and reestablishment Read More …
While Iraqi protesters are celebrating the first anniversary of their popular uprising this month, the Iraqi political scene looks much different from what it was when this protest movement started in October 2019. The uprising has pushed former Prime Minister Read More …
UPON INVITATION ONLY Promoters The initiative is jointly organised by: European University Institute (EUI), Middle East Directions Programme – Luigi Narbone; Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (SSSA), ERIS Research Group – Francesco Strazzari; European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Read More …
This conference will close the first stage of the Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria project (WPCS) which has provided operational and strategic analysis of the prospects, challenges, trends and policy options in the Syrian conflict since October 2018. The Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria Read More …
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has hit most countries in the MENA region. Yet not all have faced it in the same way, nor have obtained the same results. While Tunisia and Jordan have so far seemed quite successful in limiting Read More …
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the MENA region in a moment where the region is marked by political and military conflicts. This is the case with the ongoing civil wars in Libya and Syria, but also with the growing Read More …
