This project keeps monitoring the global and regional transitions that affect the geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as the region-building/regionalism and region de-constructing processes that develop within it. At the same time, and building on collaborations with other institutions, it aims to produce cutting edge research addressing, for example, the foreign policies of Eastern Mediterranean States (i.e., as parts of a ‘new’ region) for the first time. The PRIO Cyprus Centre has been collaborating with institutions in producing research and contributing to public and policy debates, such as the Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies (Mitvim), the Union for the Mediterranean, IEMED, the Greek think tanks ELIAMEP and the Institute of International Relations.
Moreover, the project seeks to develop our understanding about an issue that has so far not been explored, namely, the connections between Western and Eastern Mediterranean. The relationship between the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean has so far been well documented through our previous research and that of others. But the aspect of the Western Mediterranean has been absent. So, the project also aims to cover the international relations between the two spaces but also transnational issues, such as migration, energy and the environment. This will lead to a multifaceted analysis, always flexible enough to adjust to important developments, and it will involve workshops, conferences, institutional collaborations, and publications.
