GeoeconomiaL’Osservatorio Geoeconomia promuove attività e ricerche su paesi, aree geografiche e tematiche di interesse per le imprese e il Sistema Italia. L’obiettivo è evidenziare nuovi trend, ...

The country’s commitment to reducing its reliance on hydrocarbons aligns with global efforts to combat climate change and transition to sustainable energy systems. However, challenges remain on the ...

Historically, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Russia shared a relatively modest relationship, characterised by limited economic interactions and cautious political engagement. However, the past two ...

Two years after their outbreak, the 2019 Hong Kong protests call for enquiry into a new season for social movements behaviour. In addition to being one of the largest and longest sustained episodes of ...

Irregular migration from North Africa to Europe is on the rise again. This is particularly true along the Central Mediterranean route, which connects northern African countries (mainly Libya and ...

The European Union’s Global Gateway (GG) is undergoing a significant transformation. Once rooted firmly in development policy, GG is now being reshaped to serve a broader strategic purpose – ...

In the Maghreb, long gone are the days when the leaders of the five states 1 that established the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) in 1989 declared their intent to “reinforce the bonds of fraternity binding ...

At the end of the electoral process, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will most likely be re-elected for a third term. Given the multiple domestic, regional, and international issues facing Egypt, this will ...

As Syria turns the page on decades of authoritarian rule and civil war, the country’s new administration faces its greatest challenge: rebuilding trust through security sector reform. The fall of the ...

Seventeen elements in the periodic table – the so-called “rare earths” – play a major role in the calculations and strategies of various nations. In many ways, rare earths are the vitamins of ...

In recent years, peace and security in many African states have been severely disrupted by worsening socioeconomic crises, coups, armed banditry, terrorism, and other transnational threats, driving ...

Conscription was imposed in Syria for the first time in 1947, more than a year after the country became independent. Later, the new geopolitical atmosphere that accompanied the creation of Israel in ...