Med-Gulf Observatory (MeGO)

Head: Prof.ssa Francesca Maria Corrao (fcorrao@luiss.it)

Reference center: CISS

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Med-Gulf Observatory (MeGO) aims at examining how international affairs influence and are influenced by the southern Mediterranean countries that make the broad MENA region as well as the Gulf countries. Geographically, the Observatory looks at the region through its three main areas: North Africa, also known as the Maghrib, the Middle East, or the Mashriq/Levant, and the Gulf Peninsula. Analytically, second, the region is studied from three major disciplines or perspectives: History, Society, and Politics. Seeing the transformations the region has been going through especially during the last decade since the so-called Arab Spring, and besides the above mentioned aims, the Observatory also aims to build more scholarly and institutional relations with various research and public policy institutions in the region, and contribute positively to the creation of  training and formation programmes that foster deeper collaborations and partnerships in the Mediterranean, with a focus on political and economic partnerships sphere.