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Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood
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Analysis
Emerging security challenges in NATO’s southern neighbourhood
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Working Paper
Thirty years of EU-Mediterranean Policies (1989-2019): an assessment
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Coronavirus in Arab countries: passing storm, opportunity for change or regional catastrophe?
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Experts Comment
Iran, Libya, Turkey, and COVID-19: a ‘geopolitical Commission’ put to the test
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Analysis
Society 5.0: EU-Japanese cooperation and the opportunities and challenges posed by the data economy
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Experts Comment
A Saudi G20: the global projection of domestic reforms
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Experts Comment
Pirates (of football) in the Gulf versus Qatar’s soft power
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From the depths to the surface: conflict drivers in the MENA region
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From the depths to the surface: conflict drivers in the MENA region
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Nigeria’s 2019 elections: so many choices, so difficult to choose
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Experts Comment