RELATED CONTENT : International Cooperation

  • Fragmented or United? Africa’s Sub-Regions in a New Era
    July 11, 2025
    In this episode, we discuss whether Africa’s sub-regions foster unity or deepen divides, examine how they handle political crises, and consider the impact of global powers on regional dynamics. We explore what’s needed for stronger cooperation and how Africa can preserve its diversity w...
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    Asymétrie, dépendance, inertie : pourquoi le partenariat Tunisie–Union européenne doit changer de logiciel
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    Ferid Belhaj
    July 4, 2025
    Trente ans après l’Accord d’association de 1995, le partenariat entre la Tunisie et l’Union européenne s’épuise, pris au piège d’un logiciel diplomatique obsolète, hérité d’une époque révolue. Conçu comme un levier de convergence normative et de modernisation économique, il repose encore sur des fictions désormais intenables : une Europe généreuse et cohérente, une Tunisie en capacité d’absorber l’acquis communautaire, et un intérêt mutuel qui aurait survécu aux bouleversements géop ...
  • The Moroccan Atlantic Initiative
    July 3, 2025
    Launched in November 2023, Morocco’s Atlantic Initiative aims to provide landlocked Sahel countries with strategic access to the Atlantic Ocean through major infrastructure investments in ports, roads, and rail. Anchored in regional integration, the initiative supports economic growth, ...
  • Is China a Reliable Partner for Africa?
    July 3, 2025
    In this episode, we explore China’s expanding presence in Africa, looking at investments in infrastructure, trade, and development projects. We discuss the opportunities these partnerships create, as well as the debates around debt, influence, and local impacts. Our expert shares divers...
  • A New Chapter in the Eu-North Africa Partnership on Climate and Energy
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    Sabrine Emran
    Hanne Knaepen
    July 1, 2025
    This Blog was originally published on ettg.eu Europe and North Africa are intensifying cooperation, driven by shared interests in renewable energy deployment, trade and industrialisation. This renewed focus is opening doors for deeper energy partnerships, including on green hydrogen, and offers North African countries new opportunities to expand into European markets. At the same time, it raises concerns about the uneven distribution of benefits and insufficient international f ...
  • Energy and Climate Finance in the Context of the EU–North Africa Partnership
    Authors
    Sabrine Emran
    Hanne Knaepen
    Larabi Jaïdi
    July 1, 2025
    This Paper was originally published on ettg.eu KEY MESSAGES1. Aligning climate and energy priorities for mutual benefit - North Africa’s solar and wind potential could help meet the EU’s decarbonisation and energy security goals. A longterm, equitable partnership integrating green industrialisation, energy market integration and climate resilience can deliver shared economic, environmental and geopolitical gains. 2. Transforming energy partnerships for a just transition - ...
  • The future of Pan‑African Diplomacy
    Fatim Zohra Azouzou and Stevens Mokgalapa
    June 30, 2025
    This episode explores the future of Pan-African diplomacy, highlighting the urgency for African states to reinvent multilateralism amid global shifts. It discusses how initiatives like th ...
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    Africa’s Power Pivot: Strategic Ascent in a Fractured World
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    Ferid Belhaj
    June 18, 2025
    In 2000, The Economist dismissed Africa as the “Hopeless Continent”—a label reflecting a broader system of marginalization rooted in colonial legacy and post-Cold War neglect. This essay offers a realist reappraisal, arguing that Africa’s growing strategic relevance is not the result of benevolence, but of structural necessity.Amid a fracturing global order and the rise of transactional geopolitics under Trump 2.0’s Bessent Doctrine, Africa has become indispensable: rich in critical ...
  • From Bretton Woods to Braided Path: Navigating MDB Dynamics Amid Global Shifts
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    Pepe Zhang
    Otaviano Canuto
    Fernando Straface
    June 13, 2025
    This Paper was originally published on cebri.org Within an ever-evolving system of multilateral development banks (MDB) currently reshaped by four structural geo-economic trends, the emergence of new MDBs like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank (NDB) carries great geopolitical significance. Yet the new MDBs, attuned to institutional and operational realities, have not upended the MDB system. Their relationship with long-e ...
  • حديث الثلاثاء : موريتانيا: شريك استراتيجي في المبادرة الأطلسية
    June 10, 2025
    في هذه الحلقة من برنامج "حديث الثلاثاء"، نناقش المبادرة الملكية المغربية لربط دول الساحل بالمحيط الأطلسي، ودور موريتانيا كشريك استراتيجي في تنفيذها. يسلط الضيف خالد الشكراوي الضوء على أهمية الموقع الجغرافي لموريتانيا وتحولها السياسي كمقومات رئيسية للمساهمة في هذا المشروع. تشكل المبادرة ...