The Current Column
A new social contract for the countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Loewe, Markus / Amirah El-Haddad / Mark Furness / Annabelle Houdret / Bernhard Trautner / Tina Zintl (2016)
The Current Column, 5 December 2016
An Italian researcher is tortured to death in Cairo – sombre cause to reconsider the way we work with Egypt
Loewe, Markus / Tilman Altenburg / Bernhard Trautner / Georgeta Vidican
The Current Column, 17 March 2016
Migration to Europe – is North Africa Europe's boarder guard?
Schäfer, Isabel (2015)
The Current Column, 8 June 2015
The nuclear deal with Iran: adding fuel to the fire or ushering in peace in the Middle East?
Trautner, Bernhard (2015)
The Current Column, 29 June 2015
Tackling the real reasons causing people to flee Syria
Trautner, Bernhard (2015)
The Current Column, 8 October 2015
What Europe can do after the attacks of 13 November – and what it shouldn’t
Henökl, Thomas (2015)
The Current Column, 18 November 2015
Tackling the real reasons causing people to flee Syria
Trautner, Bernhard (2015)
The Current Column, 8 October 2015
What should (and what should not) be done to ease the Syrian refugee crisis?
Furness, Mark / Annabelle Houdret (2015)
The Current Column, 8 September 2015
Suez Canal expansion: What’s in it for Egypt?
Loewe, Markus (2015)
The Current Column, 24 August 2015
The nuclear deal with Iran: adding fuel to the fire or ushering in peace in the Middle East?
Trautner, Bernhard (2015)
The Current Column, 29 June 2015
Time for a paradigm shift in policy on Syria and the Middle East?
Trautner, Bernhard (2015)
The Current Column, 31 March 2015
Tackling Egypt’s Transformational Challenges
Vidican, Georgeta / Yasser Sherif (2015)
The Current Column, 30 March 2015
Don’t blame Islam for the murders in Paris
Loewe, Markus / Annabelle Houdret / Mark Furness (2015)
The Current Column, 21 January 2015
Water and electricity – weapons in the Syrian conflict
Scheumann, Waltina (2014)
The Current Column, 30 June 2014
Energy and water for MENA: From risks to opportunities
Vidican, Georgeta / Annabelle Houdret (2013)
The Current Column, 5 May 2014
Two years on from the start of the “Arab Spring” and many key questions of international cooperation remain unanswered
Houdret, Annabelle / Markus Loewe (2013)
The Current Column, 16 October 2013
Weltfriedenstag 2013
Grävingholt, Jörn (2013)
The Current Column, 16 September 2013
Arab Spring but bad harvests: why rural Tunisia matters for the success of the revolution
Houdret, Annabelle / Mohamed Elloumi (2013)
The Current Column, 22 July 2013
The EU development policy consultations process: less talk, more action?
Koch, Svea / Davina Makhan / Mark Furness (2011)
The Current Column, 14 February 2011
Create no, one, or many democracies in the Arab world?
Loewe, Markus (2011)
The Current Column, 07 February 2011
South Sudanese independence: no ‘final walk to freedom’, but the beginning of a long, hard road
Furness, Mark (2011)
The Current Column, 17 January 2011
Analysen und Stellungnahmen
Bürgerkriegsausgang und dauerhafter Frieden: warum der Vorteil militärischer Siege überschätzt wird
Kreutz, Joakim (2016)
Analysen und Stellungnahmen 1/2016
Discussion Paper
Decentralisation in Morocco: the current reform and its possible contribution to political liberalisation
Houdret, Annabelle / Astrid Harnisch (2017)
Discussion Paper 11/2017
Revisiting hydro-hegemony from a benefitsharing perspective: the case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Tawfik, Rawia (2015)
Discussion Paper 5/2015
Promoting Democracy - What Role for the Democratic Emerging Powers?
Schönwälder, Gerd (2014)
Discussion Paper 02/2014
Which factors determine the upgrading of micro, small and medium-size enterprises? Evidence from Egypt, India and the Philippines
Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée / Markus Loewe / Caroline Reeg (2013)
Discussion Paper 21/2013
Industrial Policy in Egypt 2004-2011
Loewe, Markus (2013)
Discussion Paper 13/2013
The role of social media in mobilizing political protest: evidence from the Tunisian revolution
Breuer, Anita (2012)
Discussion Paper 10/2012
The DESERTEC initiative: powering the development perspectives of Southern Mediterranean countries?
Erdle, Steffen (2010)
Discussion Paper 12/2010
Studies
The global partnership for effective development cooperation: origins, actions and future prospects
Abdel-Malek, Talaat (2015)
Studies 88 (2015)
Which factors determine the upgrading of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? The case of Egypt
Loewe, Markus/Iman Al-Ayouty/Annegret Altpeter/Lisa Borbein/Marc Chantelauze/Maximilian Kern/Elisabeth Niendorf/Malak Reda (2013)
Studies 76
Building Domestic Capabilities in Renewable Energy
Vidican, Georgeta (2012)
Studies 66
Further Publications
Social protection: a key instrument for social, economic and political development
Loewe, Markus (2016)
Pegnet Policy Brief 7
Civil resistance in the Syrian uprising: from peaceful Protest to sectarian civil war
Hinnebusch, Raymond / Omar Imady / Tina Zintl (2016)
in: Adam Roberts / Michael Willis / Timothy Garton Ash (eds.), Civil resistance in the Arab Spring: triumphs and disasters, Oxford: Oxford Univ. Pr., 223-247
The Turkish-Syrian Friendship Dam on the Orontes River: Benefits for All?
Scheumann, Waltina / Omar Shmaly (2016)
in: Aysegül Kibaroglu / Ronald Jaubert (eds.), Water resources management in the Asi-Orontes River Basin: issues and opportunities, Geneva: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and MEF University, 125-13
Female wages in the Egyptian textiles and clothing industry: low pay and discrimination
El-Haddad, Amirah (2016)
in: Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences Journal 1 (1), 1-35
رؤية لاتجاهات السياسة الصناعية المصرية فى ضوء بعض الدراسات المقارنة (Government intervention with no structural transformation: the challenges of Egyptian industrial policy in comparative perspective)
El-Haddad, Amirah (2016)
Economic Research Forum (ERF Working Paper Series 1038)
Policy coherence for development and the security-development nexus in EU external relations
Furness, Mark (2016)
in: European Parliament Directorate-General for External Policies (ed.), EU policy coherence for development: the challenge of sustainability, 22-35
Fostering a Youth Sensitive Approach in the EU’s policies towards the South and East Mediterranean Countries – The Case of Tunisia
Schäfer, Isabel (2016)
in: s. Colombo (2016), Youth Activism in the South and East Mediterranean Countries since the Arab Uprisings: Challenges and Policy Options, EuroMeSCo Joint Policy Study no. 2. Rom/Barcelona: IAI/IEMed, S. 60-74.
La politique allemande de développement en Afrique du Nord: comment maîtriser l’interdépendance migration – développement – sécurité?
Schäfer, Isabel (2016)
Lettre mensuel, Aossiciation Euromed IHEDN, Nr. 54, März 2016, S. 1- 3.
The European Union’s development policy: a balancing act between ‘A more comprehensive approach’ and creeping securitization
Furness, Mark / Stefan Gänzle (2016)
in: Stephen Brown / Jörn Grävingholt (eds.), The securitization of foreign aid, Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 138-162
Le premier partenariat public-privé pour l’irrigation au Maroc: durable pour tous?
Houdret, Annabelle / Simon Bonnet (2016)
Cahiers Agricultures 25 (2)
EU policies in the Arab World: update and critical assessment
Henökl, Thomas / Anton Stemberger (2016)
in: European Foreign Affairs Review 21 (2), 227–249
Krisenregion Naher Osten: Fluchtursachen und die Rolle der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Trautner, Bernhard (2016)
in: Resultate 2/2016, 1,3-4
Le premier partenariat public-privé pour l’irrigation au Maroc : durable pour tous?
Houdret, Annabelle / Simon Bonnet (2016)
Cahiers Agricultures 25 (2)
Ein Marshallplan für Syrien
Bernhard Trautner (2016)
Zeit.de, 03.02.2016
Weniger Entwicklungshilfe für den Maghreb: Gabriels "schädlicher Populismus"
Houdret. Annabelle (2016)
euractiv.de vom 19.01.2016
Regional energy trading: a new avenue for resolving a regional water dispute?
Scheumann, Waltina / Sahnaz Tigrek (2015)
International Journal of Water Governance, Special Issue 01: 49-70
Scaling-up renewable energy deployment in North Africa
Vidican, Georgeta (2015)
in: Alessandro Rubino: Regulation and investments in energy markets: solutions for the Mediterranean, Amsterdam: Academic Pr., 73-87
Transforming Egypt: innovation and diversification as drivers of growth
Loewe, Markus (2015)
Kairo: The Economic Research Forum (ERF Policy Brief 1/2015)
The entrepreneur makes a difference: Evidence on MSE upgrading factors from Egypt, India and the Philippines
Loewe, Markus / Caroline Reeg / Aimée Hampel-Milagrosa (2015)
in: World Development 66, 118–130, 2015
Europeanisation and the EU's comprehensive approach to crisis management in AfricaFurness, Mark / Gorm Rye Olsen (2015)European Politics and Society 17(1), 105-119
Youth, revolt, recognition: the young generation during and after the “Arab Spring”
Schäfer, Isabel (ed.) (2015)
Berlin: Mediterranean Institute Berlin (MIB) / Humboldt University (Online Publikation)
Europe, a continent of immigration
Schäfer, Isabel (2015)
in: Culture Report (EUNIC Year-book 2014/2015), 153-159
Acteurs économiques tuniso-allemands, identités transméditerranéennes et transition
Schäfer, Isabel (2015)
in: Sylvie Daviet (ed.), L’entrepreneuriat transméditerranéen: les nouvelles stratégies d’internationalisation, Tunis: Editions IRMC-Karthala, 319-332
The Tunisian transition: torn between democratic consolidation and neo-conservatism in an insecure regional context
Schäfer, Isabel (2015)
EuroMeSCo Paper Series/Papers IEMed 25
The emergence of a solar energy innovation system in Morocco: a governance perspective
Vidican, Georgeta (2015)
published on Innovation and Development, 30 June 2015
ما هي العوامل التي تحدد الارتقاء بالمشاريع الصغيرة والمتوسطة في مصر ؟ (Which factors constrain the upgrading of small and medium-size enterprises in Egypt?)
Loewe, Markus et al. (2015)
in: SME Advisor Arabia 2/2015, 48-54
The entrepreneur makes a difference: Evidence on MSE upgrading factors from Egypt, India and the Philippines
Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée / Markus Loewe / Caroline Reeg (2015)
in: World Development 66, 118–130
Fragmentation and increasing heterogeneity: conference review
Schäfer, Isabel (2015)
published on Turkish Review 01 January 2015
Evolution of dam policies: evidence from the big hydropower states
Scheumann, Waltina / Oliver Hensengerth (eds.) (2014)
Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer
Pension Schemes and Pension Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa
Loewe, Markus (2014)
in: Katja Hujo (Hrsg.), Reforming Pensions in Developing and Transition Countries, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, 69-100
Letzte Chance: der arabische Frühling scheint beendet – aber in Tunesien kann sich die Demokratie noch durchsetzen
Loewe, Markus (2014)
in: Rundschau: Zeitschrift der deutsch-tunesischen Gesellschaft 1/2014, 13
Reforming fossil-fuel subsidy regimes in the Middle East and North African countries
Vidican, Georgeta (2014)
Anna Pegels, Green industrial policy in emerging countries, London: Routledge, 148-178
Social media and protest mobilization: evidence from the Tunisian revolution
Breuer, Anita / Todd Landman / Dorothea Farquhar (2014)
Democratization, DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2014.885505
Media experiences and communication strategies of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood from 1928 to 2011: A brief historical overview
Breuer, Anita (2014)
Fachjournal Soziale Bewegungen, supplement to issue 1/2014
Islamic Political Communication Online: An Analysis of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s official English websites
Breuer, Anita / Khashaba, Karim (2014)
Fachjournal Soziale Bewegungen, supplement to issue 1/2014
Konkurrenz um’s „blaue Gold“ – nur durch nachhaltiges Management kann Marokko der Wasserkrise begegnen
Houdret, Annabelle (2014)
Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer in Marokko
The emergence of an innovation system for the solar energy sector in Morocco
Vidican, Georgeta (2014)
in: Innovation and Development
Governing the energy transition: the reform of fossil-fuel subsidy regimes in developing countries
Vidican, Georgeta (2014)
Conference proceedings: „The dynamics of transformational environmental policies“
Entscheidende Faktoren für das Wachstum von Klein- und Kleinstunternehmen
Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimée / Markus Loewe / Caroline Reeg (2014)
KFW (Entwicklungspolitik kompakt 5/2014)
Soziale Unruhen in Nordafrika: die Rolle von Wasser- und Landpolitik
Houdret, Annabelle (2014)
in: Ulrich Schneckener / Arnulf von Scheliha / Andreas Lienkamp / Britta Klagge (Hrsg.), Wettstreit um Ressourcen: Konflikte um Klima, Wasser und Boden, München: Oekom Verl., 209-222
Evolution of Dam Policies. Evidence from the Big Hydropower States
Scheumann / Hensengerth (eds.) (2014)
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 400 pages, ISBN 978-3-642-23402-6
Evolution of Transboundary Politics in the Euphrates-Tigris River System: New Perspectives and Political Challenges
Kibaroglu / Scheumann (2013)
Global Governance 19: 279-305
Caring for the urban middle class: the political economy of social protection in Arab countries
Loewe, Markus (2013)
in: Katja Bender / Markus Kaltenborn / Christian Pfleiderer (Hrsg.), Social protection in developing countries: reforming systems, London: Routledge, 196-204
Social health protection in the Arab world
Loewe, Markus (2013)
in: J. Schreiber / T. Eich / M. Clarke (eds.), Conference proceedings of the international conference: Health related issues and Islamic normativity, Halle: MENALib, 151-167
Letzte Chance: Der arabische Frühling scheint beendet – aber in Tunesien kann sich die Demokratie noch durchsetzen
Loewe, Markus (2013)
in: E+Z Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit 12/2013, 483
Soft Power: Last hope: The Arab spring seems to have failed – but democracy could yet prevail in Tunisia
Loewe, Markus (2013)
in: Development and Cooperation 12/3 483
Erst Jasmin, dann Fukushima: wie geht es weiter mit „Strom aus der Wüste“?
Matthias Ruchser (2013)
in: Sabine Ruß-Sattar / Peter Bender / Georg Walter (Hrsg.), Europa und der Arabische Frühling: Deutschland, Frankreich und die Umbrüche der EU-Mittelmeerpolitik, Baden-Baden: Nomos-Verl.-Ges., 143-154
Strom aus der Wüste: wo stehen Desertec und Co.?
Ruchser, Matthias (2013)
in: Diplomatisches Magazin 4/2013, 38-41
Online media and offline empowerment in post-rebellion Tunisia: an analysis of internet use during democratic transition
Breuer, Anita / Jacob Groshek (2013)
Externe Publikationen
Public pensions in MENA: A dangerous situation
Loewe, Markus (2012)
in: Middle East Insurance Review 12/2012
Ägypten: Großes Potenzial, schlechte Umsetzung; wie das Land die Produktivität seiner Ökonomie verbessern kann
Loewe, Markus (2012)
in: Internationale Politik 2/2012, Sonderheft: Länderporträt Ägypten, 4-11
The water connection: irrigation, water grabbing and politics in southern Morocco
Houdret, Annabelle (2012)
published on Water Alternatives 5 (2), 284-303
Strom aus der Wüste: Realität oder Fata Morgana?
Matthias Ruchser (2012)
in: Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen 62 (12), 92-94
Carbon capture, utilization and storage scenarios for the Gulf cooperation council region: a dephi-based foresight study
Al-Saleh,Yasser / Vidican, Georgeta / Varkey, Vijo / Natarajan, Lakshmi (2012)
in: Futures 44 (1), 105-115
Expanding women’s involvement in science, technology, and engineering career pathways: a case study for the UAE
Samulewicz, Diana / Georgeta Vidican / Noor Ghazal Aswad (2012)
in: Gender, Technology and Development 16 (2), 125-15
The political economy of renewable energy developments in Egypt - The need for a new social contract.
Vidican, Georgeta (2012)
Paper presented at the 3rd Gulf Research Meeting, Workshop on the political economy of clean energy solutions, Cambridge University, July 11-14, Cambridge, UK
Innovation systems for renewable energy in the MENA region: A comparative perspective on Egypt and Morocco
Vidican, Georgeta (2012)
Paper presented at the UN-WIDER Conference on Climate Change and Development Policy, Helsinki, Finland, 28. bis 29. September
An empirical examination of the development of a solar innovation system in the United Arab Emirates
Vidican, Georgeta / Diana Samulewicz / Lisa McElvaney / Yasser Al-Saleh (2012)
in: Journal of Energy and Sustainable Development 16 (2), 178-188
Innovation dynamics within emerging solar industries in oil-rich countries: a omparative case study between KSA and UAE
Vidican, Georgeta / Yasser Al-Saleh (2012)
in: Journal of Energy and Sustainable Development
The innovation and learning dynamics of the carbon capture, utilization and storage sector in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Varkey, Vijo / Georgeta Vidican / Yasser Al-Saleh (2012)
in: International Journal of Innovation and Learning
Creating a knowledge-based economy in the United Arab Emirates: realizing the unfulfilled potential of women in the science, technology and engineering fields
Aswad, Noor Ghazal / Georgeta Vidican / Diana Samulewicz (2011)
in: European Journal of Engineering Education 8 (6), 559-570
Begrenzter Schaden: die Auswirkungen der globalen Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise auf den Nahen Osten und Nordafrika
Brach, Juliane / Markus Loewe (2011)
in: Günter Meyer / Andreas Thimm (Hrsg.), Wirtschaftliche und soziale Folgen der Finanzkrise für die Entwicklungsländer
Marokko und die Europäische Union
Houdret, Annabelle (2011)
in: Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung (Hrsg.), Marokko verstehen, Sympathiemagazin des Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung e.V., 38-39
In Nachbars Garten….Marokko im regionalen Kontext
Houdret, Annabelle (2011)
in: Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung (Hrsg.), Marokko verstehen, Sympathiemagazin des Studienkreis für Tourismus und Entwicklung e.V., 36-37
Syria’s industrial policy
Chahoud, Tatjana (2011)
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik
The European neighbourhood policy: everything but incentives
Furness, Mark (2011)
in: Thomas Fues / LIU Youfa (eds.), Global governance and building a harmonious world: a comparison of European and Chinese concepts for international affairs, S. 117-134
Umweltpolitikberatung in der internationalen Zusammenarbeit – Erfahrungen, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven im Maghreb
Houdret, Annabelle, Axel Olearius und Ellen Gunsilius (2011)
in: Günter Altner, Heike Leitschuh, Gerd Michelsen, Udo E. Simonis und Ernst U. von Weizsäcker: Jahrbuch Ökologie 2012, Stuttgart 2011.
Water – an issue of power and conflict in Morocco
Houdret, Annabelle (2011)
in: Habib Ayeb, Olivia Orozco et al.: “Water in the Arab World – global perceptions and local realities”, Madrid: Casa Árabe
Turkey’s water policy: national frameworks and international cooperation
Kibaroglu, Ayşegül / Waltina Scheumann / Annika Kramer (eds.) (2011)
Heidelberg: Springer
Suche nach einer neuen Rolle: fehlender Strukturwandel als Gefahr für Syrien und Jordanien
Loewe, Markus (2011)
in: Neue Zürcher Zeutung, internationale Ausgabe 2.3.2011, 11
Wasta: how the use of “connections” impacts on private sector development in Arab countries and why
Loewe, Markus (2011)
in: United Nations Global Compact (ed.), Global Compact International Yearbook 2011, New York, 64-65
Kooperation wofür? Europas Hilfe für Nordafrika nutzte bisher vor allem den autoritären Herrschern dort
Loewe, Markus / Marc Furness (2011)
in: Die Zeit 24.02.2011, 33
Environmental Impact Assessment in Turkish Dam Planning
Scheumann et al. (2011)
in Kibaroglu / Scheumann / Kramer (eds.) Turkey’s water policy: national frameworks and international cooperation, Heidelberg: Springer
How widely applicable is river basin management? An analysis of wastewater management in an arid transboundary case
Dombrowsky, Ines et al. (2010)
in: Environmental Management, 45(5): 1112-1126
Les conflits autour de l’eau au Maroc. Causes, impacts et perspectives.
Houdret, Annabelle (2010)
Strasbourg: Editions Universitaires Européennes
Wasserkonflikte sind Machtkonflikte. Ursachen und Lösungsansätze in Marokko.
Houdret, Annabelle (2010)
Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag
Defining the role of the European Union in managing illegal migration in the Mediterranean Basin: policy, operations and oversight
Khasabova, Alina / Mark Furness (2010)
in: Ivan Ureta / Derek Lutterbeck (eds.), Migration, development and diplomacy: perspectives from the Southern Mediterranean, Trenton, NJ: Red Sea Pr.,191-217
Soziale Sicherung in den arabischen Ländern: Determinanten, Defizite und Strategien für den informellen Sektor
Loewe, Markus (2010)
Baden-Baden: Nomos Verl.-Ges. (Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik 7)
The global financial crisis and the Arab world: impact, reactions and consequences
Loewe, Markus / Juliane Brach (2010)
in: Mediterranean Politics 15 (1), 45-71
Die Diskrepanz zwischen wirtschaftlicher und menschlicher Entwicklung in der arabischen Welt
Loewe, Markus (2010)
in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 24/2010, 10-16
