Browsing Category
Regions
ECOWAS: from economic cooperation and development to security. A revision of the mandate or progress…
Despite internal trade still presents limits, international trade is quite successful. ECOWAS has good relationships with European Union, China, US, and the…
Global consumerist culture. Looking at Middle East identities through “coke-bottle” lenses –…
Abstract This analysis examines the evolution of the cultural identity (national, religious, etc.) due to the impact of globalization. Cultural and local…
Tensions on the Israeli-Palestinian front. Another war on the horizon?
(In collaboration with Termometro Politico) Tensions between Israel and the Palestinians are mounting once again. On June 12th three Israelis, Ghilad…
ECOWAS: from economic cooperation and development to security. A revision of the mandate or progress…
ECOWAS was created on 28th May 1975 with the signing of the Lagos Treaty by 15 Western African countries. It represents one of the major examples of regional…
Libya is ready to vote. Through internal conflicts and external interference
(In collaboration with Termometro Politico) Searching for a Premier. After the last months of political schizophrenia, Libyans is going to the polls to…
Egypt: Abdel Fattah al Sisi’s election, the return of the military to the power
While media all over the world are greeting Abdel Fattah al Sisi’s electoral victory as an obvious result, no one is able to foresee what the future…
Neither from the West or the East
Not generated from the East nor from the West, the crumpling of the Arab world and its collapse are naturally self generated and was expected. The Arab world…
The Palestinian National Reconciliation: Regional and International Implications
Palestinian success in burying a seven-year division has surpassed its domestic effects and has, without a doubt, regional and international implications.…
The intricate scenario in Iraq. Not (only) a religious problem
(In collaboration with Termometro Politico) They are fighting just 50 kilometres from Baghdad. ISIS (ad-Dawlat al-Islāmiyya fī'l-'Irāq wa'sh-Shām), a…
The water factor. Hydro-geopolitical tensions in the Mediterranean – part 2
2. The water factor in the Israeli-Palestinian study case Also referring to the hydro-geopolitical struggles, as it often happens in the Middle East, the…