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Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, Iss 143, Pp 161-185 (2026)
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ISSN 1133-6595 · Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) · 1,431 articles in the index
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Energy rivalries in transition: the case of Algeria and Morocco
Algeria and Morocco represent a textbook case of geopolitical rivalry extending into the realm of energy. This rivalry is based on two opposing governance models, conditioned by the availability of and dispute over natural resources, as well as on the projection of mutually exclusive international…
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Energy and resilience in the face of adversity: lessons from Palestine Open configuration optionsRevista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals_143 Open configuration options
This paper analyses how, against a backdrop of occupation, besiegement, colonisation and dispossession, the energy transition in Palestine becomes more an act of resistance and survival than a technical process of decarbonisation. Drawing on detailed analysis of energy policies and projects in the…
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Morocco’s energy transition: confronting fossil fuel interests and regional dynamics
Morocco’s shift to renewable energy is a gradual and challenging process, slowed by the country’s continued reliance on fossil fuels and by policies that are only partially coordinated. This paper examines that transformation amid tensions between sovereignty imperatives, institutional inertia and…
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Institutional instability and renewable energy in Kuwait: energy transitions as political processes
This paper examines why Kuwait is trailing behind in renewable energy generation compared to other hydrocarbon-rich Gulf states. Despite facing similar pressures, the country has expanded renewable energy to a much lesser degree than its regional counterparts. Drawing on desk research and…
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Algeria’s structural dichotomy and the energy transition: between hydrocarbons and renewables
This paper examines how Algeria’s limited integration into global value chains (GVCs) is impeding its green transition, and the reforms that could unblock it. From rentier state theory and studies into GVCs, it combines analysis of the political economy of hydrocarbons revenues in Algeria with…
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The green transition pathway of the United Arab Emirates
This paper investigates the green transition pathway of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in terms of its extractivity or inclusivity and stability. The UAE is a case in point given the singular nature of state-society relations and the country’s high oil dependency. It explores the interests of the…
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Introduction: the energy transition in the Middle East and North Africa
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), a region historically central to the global energy system, is experiencing rapid growth in electricity demand in economies still dominated by hydrocarbons. Against this backdrop, the rollout of renewables promises to become their main means of…
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Book review: The European Union facing itself
Review of the book: Morillas, Pol. En el patio de los mayores. Europa ante un mundo hostil. Barcelona: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, 2025, 230 págs. Letta, Enrico. Europa. Última oportunidad. Madrid: Espasa, 2025, 223 págs.
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Book review: Europe’s credibility in the Indo-Pacific: between strategy and regional perception
Review of the book: Abbondanza, Gabriele y Grgić, Gorana. Europe’s Indo-Pacific pivot: navigating new horizons. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025, 149 págs. Joshi, Yogesh, Nishida, Ippeita y Chaturvedi, Devyani (eds.). The European Union as a security actor in the Indo-Pacific: perceptions and responses…
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Book review: Zapatismo 40 years on
Review of the book: Osorno, Diego Enrique. En la montaña. Anagrama, 2024, 367 págs. Rovira Sancho, Guiomar. Zapata vive. Sexto Piso, 2024, 372 págs.
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Book review: The anti-gender barrage, the (inter)national order and violence against women
Review of the book: Barbé, Esther y Martín, Magdalena M. (eds.). Violence against Women in a Fragmenting International Order. Nova Sciences Publishers, 2025, 180 págs.
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Book review: Constructing a feminist and Latin American view of international relations
Review of the book: Deciancio, Melisa y Loza, Jorgelina (eds.) Relaciones internacionales y feminismos: voces latinoamericanas en un debate global. Teseo y FLACSO Argentina, 2024, 294 págs.
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Finance on a war footing: investment funds’ geopolitical strategies and the war in Ukraine
This paper investigates how institutional investors responded to the geopolitical shock caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. It puts forward the hypothesis that the investment time horizon shapes the perception and management of sovereign risk. Drawing on a conceptual framework informed…
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Judicial activism in the HCHR and the CJEU in the face of violence against women in Europe
Despite the difficulties that continue to arise in obtaining data on the extent of violence against women across the entire European regional space, the information that does exist reveals that such violence remains prevalent and severe, and that it often goes unreported. Against this backdrop, the…
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Kurdish women in northern and eastern Syria: an intersectional struggle against violence
This paper analyses the organisational strategies of Kurdish women in northern and eastern Syria in response to overlapping forms of violence, taking an intersectional perspective. To that end, it examines various women-driven legal and social strategies, such as the enactment of the “Women’s Law”…
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Transnational feminist networks against “anti-gender” norm contestation in Latin America
This paper makes a comparative analysis of anti-gender norm contestation in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and El Salvador between 2015 and 2025, and examines how it affects the robustness of gender equality frameworks and how transnational feminist networks are reformulating their strategies in the…
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Identity and Argentinian foreign policy: the battle against gender in Javier Milei’s government
This paper analyses the foreign policy of Javier Milei’s government as a space where the “battle against gender” is being played out and how that impacts the identity of Argentinian foreign policy. Drawing on presidential speeches and the gender-related policies introduced, it holds that foreign…
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Transnational conservative religious networks in the OAS: faith in the corridors of power
This paper examines how transnational conservative religious networks (TCRNs) have cemented their position as major players in the Organization of American States (OAS) in order to dispute reproductive rights and rights relating to sexual diversity. Drawing on fieldwork, interviews and legal…
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Revising cultural relativism in the context of contemporary anti-gender movements
The relationship between universality and cultural relativism has been tense throughout the development of the international human rights regime. Covenants and declarations concerning women’s rights have sparked particular controversy as countries have opted out of treaty provisions on the grounds…
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Introduction.Culture war and international order: contestation of women’s rights and the resistance
This paper examines how the contestation of women’s rights is intertwined with the reconfiguration of the liberal international order, and through which actors, mechanisms, arenas and scales this struggle is unfolding. Against a backdrop of rising of anti-gender agendas, the crisis of liberal…
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