Policy briefs

The New EU Global Strategy and What It Means for Morocco

This policy brief reviews the recently published EU Global Strategy, highlighting its main strengths and weaknesses as well as innovations, starting...

The Road to Marrakech: Key Issues for COP22

Climate change is an increasingly integral part of our reality. Over the coming decades, global warming will affect our socio-economic development,...

La voie vers Marrakech : Quelles priorités pour la COP22 ?

Les changements climatiques sont devenus une composante de plus en plus intégrante de notre réalité. Au cours des prochaines décennies, et bien plus...

How to Implement DRM Successfully for Effective Delivery of SDGs in Africa: Part 2 – Illustrative Actionable Solutions for Policy Leaders

Following the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, we published part 1 of this policy series, presenting a comprehensive analytical...

How to Implement Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM) Successfully for Effective Delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa: Part 1 - An Innovative Policy Delivery Model

Given the contingent nature of external resources as a partial explanation of the mitigated results of the Millennium Development Goals, this note...

Mexico’s Strategic Comparative Advantage in International Trade: At the Crossroads of NAFTA, the Pacific Alliance, TPP, and TTIP

This policy brief argues that Mexico’s future agenda of negotiations should include three main priorities. Firstly, with the help of its NAFTA...

Politics, Policies and Prospects of the MENA Region

The MENA region is vital for Europe economically as a source of energy and as a large and historically rapidly growing market. Politically, however,...

Housing Policies in Africa & Brazil: The role of PPPs for low-income housing

Housing is part of the United Nations 11th Sustainable Development Goal, which is to “make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. One of...

The geopolitics of Egypt: Strengths, Opportunities, Constraints and Vulnerabilities

Asia, Africa, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Middle East, and the Nile Basin are all geographic entities in which Egypt is either part of or is...

L’Egypte géopolitique : Forces, opportunités, contraintes et vulnérabilité

Asie, Afrique, Méditerranée, Mer rouge, Moyen-Orient et Bassin du Nil sont autant d’entités géographiques dans lesquelles l’Egypte s’insère, ou en...

Africa-Atlantic Integration: Can the Economy Unite What Geology has Divided?

1 - The Atlantic Basin: a region of systemic importance The Atlantic basin has long been an area of systemic importance, both economic and...

L’intégration Afrique-Atlantique : L’économie peut-elle réunir ce qui a été séparé par la géologie?

1 - Le bassin atlantique : une région systémique Le bassin atlantique a depuis longtemps été une zone d’une importance systémique, aussi bien sur le...

The “Islamic State” organization: A Continuation of Al Qaeda or an Emerging Rift?

In 1980, the establishment of the Mujahideen contingent in Afghanistan to fight against the Soviet occupation opened the door to the globalization of...

L’oganisation « Etat Islamique » : Continuation d’Al Qaeda ou émergence en rupture

La constitution en 1980 du contingent des Moudjahidin en Afghanistan, pour lutter contre l’occupation soviétique, avait ouvert la porte devant l’...