NAMEPES Summer School started in 2021 as part of an EU co-funded Jean Monnet project that covered the first (2021) and second (2021) editions of the school. The third edition (2023) was conducted in cooperation with the International Master in Security, Intelligence and Strategic Studies (IMSISS), and was open only to IMSISS students.
You can learn more about the previous editions by listening to the alumni and to the Academic Coordinator Pejman Abdolmohammadi: https://www.securityintelligence-erasmusmundus.eu/the-programme/summer-university/
As part of the EU project’s outputs, NAMEPES produced additional learning material that is accessible online.
This included a series of short videos titled NAMEPES – Light. The series involved 5 international academics, each of whom discussed one the issues dealt with through the events of the project: UN Peacekeeping in the Middle East; the Arab spring; the EU migration policy in the Mediterranean; a changing balance of power in the Middle East; the Shia geopolitics. The objective of the series was to share some of the core issues covered in the other events of the project, together with additional insights, in order to overcome the movement restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic and reach a wider number of people. These videos have been published on NAMEPES YouTube and Facebook profiles, and shared also on its LinkedIn and Instagram pages.
Also, 6 selected working papers written by the participating students were published on NAMEPES website. These papers discussed some of the issues presented during the workshops / Summer Schools and engaging in wider reflections beyond the class discussions. These papers have been published on NAMEPES website and shared on NAMEPES social media pages, and can be retrieved from the links below:
Working papers 2023
• Curzi, Michele. "Oman's far sighted foreign policy: how moderation can shape geopolitics"
• Ullah, Zafar. "China's Emergence as Dominant Power in the MENA Region: A Smooth Sailing?"
• Piovesan, Giorgia. "Climate Change, Security, and the Middle East: A Critical Review"