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Western Balkans, still one foot in and one foot out
So close to the rest of Europe and yet so far away from its economic, political and institutional standards, the Western Balkans have been experiencing…
From Libya to Egypt, the changing dynamics of the migration routes
Libya has always been one of the main departure points both for economic migrants and asylum seekers coming from Africa and Near East and directed to Europe.…
Conflict prevention in the Mediterranean region
Conflict genesis
The word ‘conflict’ refers to some form of friction arising within a community, when its beliefs or actions enter into competition.…
Disarming evil, the Italian initiatives in preventing radicalization
The strategies for preventing radicalization represent the most challenging dimension of counter-terrorism. Whilst many efforts have been done in repressing…
“Modello Italia,” how to respond to the increasing terrorist threat in Italy
The terroristic threat is undergoing an evolution since the peak reached in 2015, after the Paris terrorist attack, considered as a change in the modality of…
Western Balkans, getting tired of the accession process
Bringing together high-level representatives of all Balkan countries, the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia discussed their future in European integrations.…
The Italian job. Migration, security and foreign policy in the Mediterranean
After the European Union (EU) signed an agreement with Turkey to stem migration flows to Western Balkan route (18 March 2016), thousands of migrants have…
Algeria: the tandem government-army in a long term status quo
Algeria: the tandem government-army
The delicate health condition of the Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has led to multiple speculations about his…
Trump’s first 100 days of Presidency: Are Daesh and al-Assad’s regime on the priority list?
Donald Trump’s first 100 days of presidency have been marked by new positions and by the symptom that the US want to play a new role in Syria. Nevertheless…
Here comes Israel! How a new gas provider is fostering hopes into several Mediterranean countries
What if Israel assertively breaks into the gas market as a reliable exporter for the European Union? As it has previously been discussed, the discovery of…