EUMENIA aims to bring scholars into the different classrooms of European and Middle Eastern Universities, thus fostering exchanges between academics and students. The latest teaching visit, organized in the framework of EUMENIA, saw Prof. Karim Makdisi, Associate Professor of International Politics and founding Director of …
“The Syria Conflict, Ten Years on: What Role for the EU?”, 15 March 2021. Details The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) will host a public webinar on the 10th anniversary of the Syrian uprising to assess where the country stands after a decade of conflict. Speakers …
You can find a list of the available resources below:
1) The EU and Democracy Promotion in the Middle East: The View from Europe
With Daniela Huber, Head of the Mediterranean and Middle East Programme at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI).
2) The EU global strategy and EU Middle East Relations
With Nathalie Tocci, Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI).
3) EU-Middle East relations: an introduction
With Michelle Pace, Professor in Global Studies, Roskilde University of Denmark
4) EU, UN and the Israeli Palestinian conflict: A case of EU policy incoherence
With Maria Giannou (PhD, Research Associate – Athens University of Economics & Business)
1) The EU and Syria: thinking about ways forward
Chaired by Dimitris Bouris, Assistant Professor at University of Amsterdam, with Anis Nacrour, Former Acting Head of Delegation of the EU to Syria Yezid Sayigh, Senior Fellow Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, Tamirace Fakhoury, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Lebanese American University Daniela Huber, Head of the Mediterranean and Middle East Programme at IAI.
2) 70 years of UNRWA in a Middle East in turmoil: hopes and challenges for Palestine refugees
With Pierre Krähenbühl, Former Commissioner-General, UNRWA.
3) Israel Palestine after the Trump Plan
With Tareq Baconi, International Crisis Group, Lara Friedman, Foundation for the Middle East Peace and Martin Konečny, European Middle East Project.
4) The geopolitical gamble in the East-Med: can the EU and Turkey find a way out of the crisis?:
Chaired by Dr Beste İşleyen, University of Amsterdam– UvA, with Ms Laura Batalla Adam, EU-Turkey Forum, Dr Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, Bilkent University/ELIAMEP, Prof Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Sabanci University, Dr Luca Franza, Istituto Affari Internazionali-IAI.
EUMENIA’s lecture “EU, UN and the Israeli Palestinian conflict: A case of EU policy incoherence” is now available at Youtube! In this EUMENIA lecture, Maria Giannou (PhD, Research Associate – Athens University of Economics & Business) analyses the role of the EU and the UN …
Dr. Daniela Huber recorded a lecture entitled “EU and democracy promotion in the Middle East (a European perspective)” in July 2020. The EU’s democracy promotion is constant regarding objectives, but varies greatly depending on spatial and temporal factors. The priority is always internal cohesion, and …
New EUMENIA Policy Brief by Dr Tommaso Emiliani published a new article entitled “Between God and 
Sugar Dates: Lessons for a “Geopolitical” EU from the US–Iran Crisis“, 23/4/2020.
It is available here!
Prof. Michelle Pace and Prof. Haim Yacobi published another Policy brief, part of the EUMENIA Policy briefs series, entitled: “Can the EU Stand Up to Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century”?”, 24/03/2020. Access the Policy Brief directly here (IAI).
EUMENIA’s first working paper “Assessing the Impact of Turkish Refugee Flows on the EU-Turkey Agreement” by Dr. Nikolaos Lampas is now available here.
Dr. Münevver Cebeci published a special issue: “Representing Peace? The EU’s Temporal Selves and its Statebuilding” in Geopolitics, Vol. 25, issue 2.
Dr. Dimitris Bouris and Dr. Beste İşleyen published a special issue: “The European Union and Practices of Governing Space and Population in Contested States: Insights from EUPOL COPPS in Palestine” in Geopolitics, Vol. 25, issue 2.