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"Researcher-in-Residence" Programme: Research Subjects 1998-2023
Publishing date: 23 December 2022
Content type: Report
Where we are: Networks
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Overview of subjects investigated in the setting of the OSCE "Researcher-in-Residence" Programme, 1998-2023. Prepared by the OSCE Documentation Centre in Prague.
Radicalisation in the Mediterranean Region: Old and New Drivers
Publishing date: 4 January 2016
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: The New-Med Track II Network, Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, Networks, Partners for Co-operation
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
New-Med Research Network, 27 December 2015.
Agenda: Radicalization in the Mediterranean Region: Old and New Drivers
Publishing date: 14 December 2015
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: The New-Med Track II Network, Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, Networks, Partners for Co-operation
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
A New-Med Conference in co-operation with the Center for Middle Eastern strategies studies (ORSAM), Ankara, Turkey.
Draft Agenda: The Mediterranean Chapter and the Future of Mediterranean Co-operation
Publishing date: 4 November 2015
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: The New-Med Track II Network, Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Draft Agenda for the Mediterranean Chapter and the Future of Mediterranean Co-operation, 10 November 2015, at Westin Dragonara Resort, St. Julian’s, Malta.
Speech by the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier at the Conference on “Helsinki + 40: The Mediterranean Chapter and the Future of Mediterranean"
Publishing date: 10 November 2015
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: The New-Med Track II Network, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Conference on the Mediterranean Chapter of the Helsinki Final Act and the Future of Mediterranean Co-operation, Valetta, 10 November 2015.
New-Med Research Network- Migrations Through and From Libya: A Mediterranean Challenge
Publishing date: 24 June 2015
Collections: Publications by the New-Med Track II Network
Content type: Report
Where we are: The New-Med Track II Network, Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, Networks, Partners for Co-operation
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Migration
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This paper investigates the dynamics of migration through and from Libya, focusing on the economics and politics of illegal trafficking. It discusses EU and member state policies for tackling and reducing Mediterranean migration through Libya and argues that the externalisation of push-backs is neither desirable nor realistic. Finally, the paper offers policy recommendations that propose an overhaul of the current system with the aim of building partnerships with local actors and multilateral institutions while also creating legal corridors for migration into Europe.
New-Med Research Network: European Muslims- Caught between Local Integration Challenges and Global Terrorism Discourses
Publishing date: 24 June 2015
Collections: Publications by the New-Med Track II Network
Content type: Report
Where we are: The New-Med Track II Network, Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, Networks, Partners for Co-operation
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Migration
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
After the positive vibrations that the Arab Spring sent around Europe in 2011, today we are witnessing a reversal of that positive trend. The escalation of violence and insecurity in the region is sending shock waves across Europe and North America. Negative vibrations have been acutely felt in Europe, not only with the Charlie Hebdo events in Paris, but also in relation to the so-called foreign fighters question. Several thousand young people –mostly men but also women–, a tiny, albeit dramatically visible, part of the European Muslim community –some of whom are second-generation migrant youth of Muslim origin, while others are young converts– have joined ISIS forces in Syria to fight a jihadist war. My aim in this paper is to argue that, while the weaknesses and tensions of integration policies exist and may have intensified since the start of the new century, the seeds of minority Muslim youth recruitment in Europe has more to do with today’s global-local connections rather than with failed integration.
New-Med Research Network- Gender and Mobility across Southern and Eastern European Borders: “Double Standards” and the Ambiguities of European Neighbourhood Policy
Publishing date: 19 June 2015
Collections: Publications by the New-Med Track II Network
Content type: Report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This article proposes a gendered critique of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), a policy framework that, amongst other things, aims to facilitate the mobility of migrants to the EU from the bordering countries. We highlight the ambivalences of European regimes of gender and migration, and we take issue with the celebration of the “feminisation of migration.” The former fails to offer opportunities to women to safely embark on autonomous migratory projects, the latter contributes to reproduce traditional gender biases in the countries of origin as well as of destination. We conclude by suggesting that the EU critique to emigration countries for failing to tackle women’s discrimination falls short of persuasiveness when confronted with the curtailment on women’s independent mobility within the ENP framework.
New-Med Research Network- Israel’s Policies toward Asylum-Seekers: 2002-2014
Publishing date: 19 June 2015
Collections: Publications by the New-Med Track II Network
Content type: Report
Where we are: The New-Med Track II Network, Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, Networks, Partners for Co-operation
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Migration
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This article analyses Israel’s policies toward Sudanese and Eritrean asylum-seekers from 2002 to 2014, a period during which 60,000 entered the country on account of its lax border with Egypt. After introducing Israel’s unique immigration regime the article focuses on Israel’s asylum system, emphasizing the low recognition rates and its chaotic “patch work,” “on the move” character. The second part examines the ways Israel has made it difficult for asylumseekers to live within its borders after entering, focusing on their limited access to social and other public services, and, since 2012, the adoption of a policy of prolonged detention without trial and active encouragement of those detained to leave Israel “willingly” to Uganda and Rwanda. Finally, we use interview data to analyse asylum-seekers’ daily realities and explore their understanding of and struggle against Israel’s immigration and asylum policies.
New-Med Research Network- A Multilateral Approach to Ungoverned Spaces: Libya and Beyond
Publishing date: 19 June 2015
Collections: Publications by the New-Med Track II Network
Content type: Report
Where we are: The New-Med Track II Network, Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, Networks, Partners for Co-operation
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This paper summarises the proceedings of a closed door international workshop on the Libyan crisis jointly organised by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and the European Council on Foreign Relation (ECFR) on 13 May 2015. Invited experts convened in London to discuss the evolving civil war in Libya and debate various diplomatic and policy scenarios meant to address some of the most pressing challenges facing the Libyan authorities, neighbouring states and multilateral actors as they seek to bring about a negotiated solution to the crisis. The workshop was conceived within the framework of the New-Med Research Network, an ongoing project run by IAI, in cooperation with the Compagnia di San Paolo of Turin, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the OSCE Secretariat with the aim of creating a network of analysts and research centres to foster dialogue and an exchange of ideas on comprehensive security issues in the Mediterranean region.