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Morocco: a bridge between the Arab world and the Western society?
Since 2011, when the wind of the revolution spread in many North African and Middle East countries, the MENA region has been experiencing the aftermaths of…
Morocco rejoins African Union: why is Rabat looking south?
Back in the African family
On January 31st, 2017, Morocco became the 55th member of the African Union (AU), the pan-African body that replaced the…
April 16 referendum: Turkey has never been so far from EU(rope)
Internal stresses, operable in the aftermath of the attempted coup of 15 July 2016, combined with the international environment led Ankara to one of the most…
Presidential election in Lebanon. Out of the impasse?
After 29 months of presidential vacuum that caused the stalemate of several political questions in Lebanon, Michel Aoun, leader of the Free Patriotic…
Migrants: the EU needs to redress its policy response
Data provided by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reveal that about 343,589 migrants entered the European Union (EU) by sea in 2016 (so…
The European Cybersecurity Strategy and the NIS Directive towards a more secure online Union
According to a survey conducted by PWC “at least 80% of European companies have experienced at least one cybersecurity incident over the last year and the…
Shadows on Tunisian democracy
Since 2011, despite the violence and the continuous social tensions, a new constitution was promulgated in 2014 and free elections were held in order to…
Quo vadis Europe? The refugee crisis that brought EU’s solidarity clause to its twilight
The world is in trouble. Europe is in even bigger trouble. The old continent became the host of a humanitarian crisis that has not been seen since the end of…
Brexit fallout looms large over Gibraltar
Today the strained and complex relationship between the governments of Spain and Gibraltar faces a new challenge. Since the conquest of Gibraltar in 1704 and…
Bosnia: Republika Srpska referendum and the threat of secession
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is preparing for the impact the next referendum will have on the fragile state’s backbone. The Republika Srpska (RS), the…