This project aims to explore the Eastern Mediterranean as a distinct geopolitical space in the context of global and regional transitions. It conceptualizes the Eastern Mediterranean's new geopolitical identity both historically and theoretically and looks at its security and politico-economic prospects. At the same time, it tracks the main challenges that regional states face, and attempts to re-imagine the patterns of conflict and cooperation by examining the potential of regionalism and inter-state cooperation in various sectors. Moreover, the project keeps monitoring conflict and peace-building dynamics (e.g. in Syria and Libya) as well as. region-building/regionalism processes in the Eastern Mediterranean and the role of state and non-state actors.
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 Center 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 Institute of International Relations, and of course the PRIO Middle East Centre.
