EU leaders are considering declaring certain parts of Syria as safe for refugees to return to.

Ahead of Ursula von der Leyen's visit to Lebanon this week, it must be made crystal clear: Syria is categorically unsafe.

🗓️25 Abril. Si estàs per Barcelona i t'interessen: els estudis de seguretat, de gènere, les migracions, la Mediterrània i l'Orient Mitjà i les aproximacions crítiques no t'hauries de perdre la conferència de Pinar Bilgin (Pınar Bilgin) de demà a l'IEMed
iemed.org/events/whose-s…

Amid ongoing conflict in Gaza and escalating violence, is it credible to discuss peace? Today at CIDOB, the #ForeignPolicyDialogues explore the conditions under which we could envision credible negotiations for a political resolution of this conflict
🔗bit.ly/ForeignPolicyD…

Challenging gender biases in security and PCVE by Aida Traidi and myself.

Curious about how language shapes our thinking and impacts politics, power-structures, & (in-)equality?

Want to know how gender has been used and politicised in Europe, West Asia, and North Africa?

Then definitely join our upcoming Maqha Conversation!
ewanacenter.org/activities/maq…

🔴 'A l'Iran no li interessa una guerra amb Israel perquè seria llarga i costosa'

Analitzem l'escalada inèdita al Pròxim Orient

#ElsMatins3Cat

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We are once again collaborating with Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals Blanquerna FCRI and DIPLOCAT on this initiative offering interactive courses on the politics and international relations of the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

👉🏻 ibei.org/en/fees-and-sc…

1948: un día como hoy las milicias sionistas tomaron la aldea de Deir Yasín, junto a Jerusalén; masacraron a niños, ancianos y mujeres. Israel siempre lo ha negado pero Menahem Begin acabó sus días desvariando ante sus ruinas. El relato de Mahmud Darwish:
mahmuddarwix.blogspot.com/2010/02/menahe…

Willing to pursue a career in the field of international affairs?

Join our #InformativeSession to explore how IBEI's Master's in #InternationalRelations can empower your career in the global sphere.

⏰ April 9, 16h CEST (ONLINE)
🔗 Info & registration: t.ly/XHJeT

When Western states act as if no rule of law protected Palestinian civilians, children, health workers, journalists, even the dead, they're not making an exception.

They're inviting, against their own best interest, a whole new era where no rule of law protects anyone anymore.

#veritapergiulio

“Following nearly 6 months of unrelenting Israeli assault on occupied #Gaza , it is my solemn duty to report on the worst of what humanity is capable of & to present my findings: 'the Anatomy of a Genocide'.”

— Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt at United Nations Human Rights Council.

#HRC55

“María de Gaza” nos interpela con las palabras más espontáneas: el saludo árabe. “Que la paz sea con nosotros” السلام لنا clama en este poema de Ibrahim Nasrallah, celebrado desde que apareció hace un mes. Pues eso, que así sea. Dejo ⬇️ nuestra traducción mahmuddarwix.blogspot.com/2024/03/ibrahi…

BREAKING NEWS

The Spanish Parliament has just approved a resolution to impose an Arms Embargo to Israel.

The resolution, promoted by CSO and social movements, demands to the government to STOP all export and import of weapons with Israel.

This summer, embark on a deep dive into politics and #InternationalRelations across the #Mediterranean & #MiddleEast .

🔎Explore #BarcelonaMEDMENA 6h courses: t.ly/j8Anl

🎓 20% discount for IBEI & Blanquerna students/alumni

🫱🏽‍🫲🏼With BlanquernaFCRI IEMed DIPLOCAT

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We thank all people (young people, CSO reps', researchers...) who took part throughout this project in our surveys on social media.

Although separate from the empirical research, they gauged initial impressions on pressing research topics.

📘Results 👇
h2020connekt.eu/publications/e…

In the margins of the CONNEKT Project Final Conference in Brussels (25-26 Jan), the project's researcher Khalid Mouna@UMI Meknes (@umi_meknes) explains the work carried out in #Morocco and some of the conclusions emerging from it.

Learn more: h2020connekt.eu

The CONNEKT Project final 2-day conference in #Brussels was the occasion to present and discuss the results and recommendations of this Horizon Europe🇪🇺-funded project aimed at improving #pve strategies.

🖥️Watch the full summary video:
youtube.com/watch?v=5vKk24…

'Addressing radicalisation and violent extremism from a pure security perspective, not only is not efficient but it can actually be counterproductive'.

🗣️ #CONNEKT 's researcher Lina Alhafez (CàtedraUNESCOdeDiàlegIntercultural_aLaMeditarrània, Universitat Rovira i Virgili)

Full video 👉🏾youtube.com/watch?v=5pXenq…

#CONNEKT 2024