The paper examines how the level of digital development in the Euro-Mediterranean countries (Euromed 9: Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia and Croatia), as measured by the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), is associated with active ageing outcomes as captured by the…
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The Mediterranean is facing an increasingly complex combination of climate risks, tensions linked to national and regional policies, socio-economic instability and forced migration. Current strategies of regional cooperation between Southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East remain fragmented. Although the role of younger generations…
This policy brief synthesises and reworks the contents of the chapter “From Borders to Cooperation: Migrants and Culture in the Geopolitical Balance of the Mediterranean”, offering a critical reflection on migration dynamics, cultural exchanges, and geopolitical balances within the Mediterranean basin. The original text provides…
The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) is emerging as a transformative platform reshaping geopolitical and geoeconomic dynamics across the Mediterranean. Designed as a multilateral, transparent and standard-based initiative, IMEC offers an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which has been criticised for asymmetric…
As geopolitical conflicts escalate and global value chains restructure, Mediterranean countries can play a crucial role in connecting opposing blocs, serving as trade and investment bridges. This policy brief examines the strategic position of Mediterranean countries, analyzing their trade routes, key partners, and preferred industries.…
This study explores the impact of the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) on the dynamics of trade between China and the Mediterranean countries analysing the trade potential before and after the implementation of the BRI. Using an augmented gravity model and panel data from 2003…
In 2025, the crises in Palestine and Sudan – though different in history and visibility – reveal an already emerging trend: the normalisation of instability and the return of military unilateralism, accompanied by a weakening of multilateralism and international law. Both are marked by humanitarian…
The Mediterranean is undergoing a profound geoeconomic realignment that reshapes the balance of power between its shores. While Southern Europe faces long-term stagnation exacerbated by demographic decline and structural rigidities, the economies of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, despite political and financial fragilities, are becoming…
In Italy, a country with one of the highest life expectancies in the world, physical inactivity and a sedentary lifestyle are among the main modifiable risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases. In particular, childhood obesity has reached critical levels, with a national average of over…
The English version of the manual, published in March 2026 in an expanded edition, is an update of the volume published in 2024 with the addition of two appendices that are part of the institutional series of Policy Briefs of the Department of Social sciences…
The India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) represents a transformative infrastructure initiative linking India to Europe via the Gulf, offering a strategic alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. With the Mediterranean serving as its critical junction, IMEC promises to reduce shipping times by up to…
This inaugural issue has been called Issue 0 because it includes contributions from the researchers on the History Briefs Scientific Committee, who are affiliated with various institutes within the Department of Social sciences and humanities, cultural heritage (DSU) of the National Research Council (CNR). Issue…