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We are witnessing a moment of transition in international governance. Everyone unanimously concludes that we are facing a multipolar world. This process of reconfiguration of international architecture leads us to consider the future of the Euro-Mediterranean area today. On the one hand, some analysts may see a serious danger of turning the Mediterranean into “a forgotten sea,” as I myself described it in an article from 1989. However, if we take a closer look at the new geopolitics in the world, and provided that policy-makers are able to respond to these new challenges, I am convinced that the Euro-Mediterranean space will once again find a new centrality.

Introduction The universality of sport has been demonstrated by its ability to transcend boundaries, break stereotypes and bring people together. The UEFA European Championship, commonly known as the Euros, and one of the most popular football tournaments worldwide,...

“Any man’s death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind.” These beautiful words from sixteenth-century English metaphysicist and poet John Donne, included in Nuccio Ordine’s last book Men Are Not Islands (2023), evoke the transcendent question of protecting...

It was as if Mother Nature had conspired to make the weather suitably cold, gloomy and unpleasant on 23 January – the day I made my first visit to Auschwitz. The sombre conditions were an apt backdrop for my tour through the camp set up by the German Nazis during the...