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2018 CONFERENCES
Morocco. Contrasts and prospects for a changing country
TURIN, Campus Luigi Einaudi, Università degli Studi of Turin – Circolo dei Lettori
Morocco represents a strategic partner for Italy, owing to its political stability and the positive economic growth outlook. Tepid reforms launched by the Monarchy, the centre of gravity of the whole country, have allowed the kingdom to be spared from the repercussions that had taken place elsewhere in the aftermath of the Arab Spring – even though there still remains a long way to go when it comes to civil rights and gender equality.
Extraordinary meeting with Moroccan activist Loubna Bensalah
MILAN – City Council Hall – Piazza della Scala, 2
Loubna Bensalah has visited Italy to tell her story in different cities.
She has been CIPMO’s guest in Milan so that she could meet the public and representatives from local institutions.
Impasse Iran
TURIN, Campus Luigi Einaudi, Università degli Studi of Turin – Circolo dei Lettori
The US withdrawal from the Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) and the re-imposition of sanctions ordered by Trump caused major difficulties to Iran, intensified its domestic clashes, exacerbated its popular discontent. Europe, Russia, and China seem uncapable of counterbalancing the American decision, nor of offering guarantees to investors. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been purchasing arms and weapons from the USA worth hundred billion dollars.
Erdoğan’s Turkey. The Narrow Ridge Between the West, Russia and Neo-Ottoman Aspirations.
TURIN, Campus Luigi Einaudi, Università degli Studi of Turin – Circolo dei Lettori
Dopo il referendum del 16 aprile 2017, Erdoğan ha ottenuto poteri pressoché assoluti. Continua lo Stato di Emergenza, proclamato a seguito del tentativo di colpo di Stato del 15 luglio scorso, con arresti incessanti.
The Middle East between Trump and Putin. What Role for Europe?
TURIN, Campus Luigi Einaudi, Università degli Studi of Turin
While Putin’s Russia is expanding and beefing up its presence in the Middle East, thereby becoming Syria’s patron in alliance with Iran and Turkey, Trump has announced the complete withdrawal of US troops from the country, letting the victors divide the country in zones of influence.