NATO Strategic Concept 2022: Renewed Strategic Rivalry amongst Russia’s Increasing Aggression and China’s Rise

On June 29, 2022, in Madrid, NATO Heads of State and Government endorsed a redesigned Strategic Concept for the Alliance. This Concept outlines the Alliance’s priorities, core tasks, and approaches for the following decade. In this context, the concept note outlines the Alliance’s security environment, underlines NATO’s values, and puts forth the Alliance’s main objective […]
Conflict, Peace and Security Unit – call for interns

The European North African Centre of Research is seeking 4 interns to join the “Peace, Conflict and Security” unit with a tentative start on Mid-March 2022 for a period of three months with possibility of extension. This position is fully remote and can be done from any location with a reliable internet service. Under the […]
Syria: Returning Refugees Face Grave Abuse

By: Mariah Abdel-Aziz At the Center Stage: Syrian refugees who returned to Syria between 2017 and 2021 from Lebanon and Jordan faced grave human rights abuses and persecution at the hands of the Syrian government and affiliated militias, Human Rights Watch said in a report released. Returnees also struggled to survive and meet […]
The Yazidi Women Survivors Law and Ensuring an Effective Reparations Programme in Iraq

By: Mariah Abdel-Aziz At the Center Stage: In a statement marking seven years since ISIL terrorists brutally and systematically targeted religious minorities in Sinjar, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on Iraqi authorities to begin implementation of the Yazidi Survivors Law to assist Yazidi and other survivors of ISIL atrocities. […]
EUNACR’s Horus – Apollo Program

Horus Apollo Program Research, Dialogue, and Publish The program aims at practicing P2P diplomacy, cultural exchange, knowledge exchange among young scholars across the EU and North Africa. Horus Apollo program focuses on two main pillars: Cultural Exchange: Horus Apollo Program aims at fostering “People to People Diplomacy” through cultural exchange online activities […]