“‘Why' and 'What for' an Atlantic Defence Centre?
Our Senior Fellow, Rachid El Houdaigui intervened in a seminar organized by the Portuguese Ministry of Defence. This one-day seminar aims at mapping security issues in the Atlantic, which the future Atlantic Centre for defence capacity-building can contribute to.
The Centre focuses on the Atlantic from North to South and East to West. The first Seminar of the Atlantic takes place in Lisbon, on the 21st November.The seminar has two restricted workshops with experts, followed by a public session with the Portuguese Minister of Defense and a keynote speaker. Rachid El Houdaigui took part in the first workshop entitled: « ‘Why' and 'What for' an Atlantic Defence Centre ».
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Rachid El Houdaigui
Rachid EL Houdaïgui is professor of International Relations at Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier's Law Faculty and Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, previously known as OCP Policy Center who focuses on International relations, geopolitics, Mediterranean region, North Africa and the Arab world.. He is also professor at Royal College of Advanced Military Studies (Kenitra) and professor invited at Cergy-Pontoise University (Paris), Cadix University (Spain) and at La Sagesse University (Beirut, Lebanon).
Mr. EL Houdaïgui is the author of numerous books and articles dealing with International relations and geopolitics: the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Arab world. Also, he is co-director of the Moroccan-Spanish review “Peace and International Security” and in charge of the Observatory of Mediterranean Studies (Abdelmalek Essaadi University).