About  and  Partners  Paolo  QUERCIA,  independent  political  analyst  

and  advisor,  is  the  Director  of  the  Center  for  Near  Abroad  Strategic  Studies    

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Ambassador  Mario  Emanuele  MAIOLINI  is  CeNASS  President  

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 CeNASS  book  series  is  published  with  ARACNE  Editore  and  is  called  Confinis    

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The  scientific  board  of  the  series  is  composed  by:  Paolo  QUERCIA,  Mario  Emanuele  MAIOLINI,  Amb.  Paolo  SANNELLA,  Min.  Plen.  Enrico  

GRANARA  (MFA),  Federico  EICHBERG  (Ministry  of  Economic  Development),  Adm.  Fabio  CAFFIO,  Adm.  Ferdinando  SANFELICE  DI  MONTEFORTE,  Prof.  Ulrike  QUERCIA  (UNIMARCONI  Roma),  Prof.  Tommaso  Edoardo  FROSINI  (UNISOB  

Napoli),  Federico  ROMANELLI  MONTARSOLO  (University  of  Geneva),  Francesco  Maria  DI  MAJO  

(Watson  Farley  &  Williams),    Alfredo  RIZZO  (SIOI),  Albert  RAKIPI  (Albanian  Institute  of  

International  Studies  Tirana)    

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The    Center  for  Near  Abroad  Strategic  Studies  is  founding  member  of  RIDE  –  Italian  network  for  euro-­‐mediterranean  dialogue  co-­‐funded  by  the  

Italian  Ministry  for  Foreign  Affairs  

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Il  CeNASS  ha  collaborato  con  

Ministero  Affari  Esteri  -­‐  Centro  Alti  Studi  Difesa  -­‐  Centro  Militare  di  Studi  Strategici  -­‐  Ambasciata  

Britannica  in  Italia  -­‐  Ambasciata  Stati  Uniti  d’America  in  Italia  -­‐  Società  Italiana  per  l’Organizzazione  Internazionale  -­‐  Società  Geografica  Italiana  -­‐  

Associazione  Nazionale  tra  le  Imprese  Assicuratrici  -­‐  NCTM  Studio  Legale  Associato  -­‐  Kyrnica  Polonia  

Economic  Forum  -­‐  Libreria  Griot  -­‐  Middle  East  Center  for  Strategic  and  Legal  Studies  -­‐  University  of  Geneva  -­‐  Albanian  Institute  of  International  Studies  -­‐  Zeno  Poggi  Consulenze  -­‐  Centro  Studi  Americani  -­‐

Università  di  Ginevra,  Global  Studies  Institute.    

Center  for  Near  Abroad  Strategic  Studies  

   

PRESENTATION      

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CeNASS  Publications    

 1. Paolo  Quercia,  L’interesse  

nazionale  3.0  (2013)  2. Mario  Emanuele  Maiolini,  Egitto,  

Siria  ed  Iran  (2013)  3. Sergio  Bianchi,  La  primavera  dei  

Fratelli  (2014)  4. AAVV  Mercati  insicuri  (2014)  5. Maurizio  Folino,  La  pirateria  nel  

Corno  d’Africa  (2015)  6. Rodolfo  Giungi,  La  giurisdizione  

sui  crimini  in  alto  mare  (2016)      

 

 

Activities    

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2011   foundation.  2012  ✓May,  publication  of   the  book  “The  spring  of   the   Brothers.   The   political   transformation   of   Muslim  Brotherhood  and  the  Arab  Spring”  ✓June,  conference  “The   future  of  Muslim  brotherhood  after   the  elections  in  Egypt”,  Griot  Library,  Rome   ✓ June,   debate   “the   different   faces   of   the   Muslim  Brotherhood”,  Ministry  of  Foreign  Affairs,  Rome  ✓ July,  conference  “Somalia   2012   political   and   security   aspects   of   the   transitional  process”,  Center   for  High  Defence  Studies,  Rome.  2013  ✓ March,  International  conference  “A  new  era  for  Somalia:  what  role  for  Italy  and   UK”,   British   Embassy   Rome,   Villa   Wolkonski.   March,  publication   of   the   paper   “The   national   interest   3.0”   ✓ August,  publication  of   the  article  “The  concept  of  national  interest   in   Italy”  on  the  quarterly   review  “Affari  Esteri”  ✓ September,   international  conference   “North   –  South  Corridor.  When   can  we   really   expect   a  coherent   energy   market?   Kyrnica   Economic   Forum,   Poland  ✓ September,  publication  of   the  paper  “The  unexpected  results  of  Arab   Spring”   ✓ December,   roundtable   “Adriatic   Ionian   Macro-­‐Region:   stability   and   security   challenges   in   the   Balkans   100   years  after  Sarajevo”.  2014  ✓ February,  conference  “Maritime  piracy  and  economic  sanctions.  A  strategic  evolutions  for  2014”,  Association  of  Italian   Insurance   Companies,   Milan   ✓ May,   participation   at   the  conference   “Kosovo   15   years   after   the   war:   between   hope   and  enclaves”,   Inter   SOS,   Rome     ✓ June,   publication   of   the   book  “Unstable   markets.   Conflicts,   maritime   piracy   and   economic  sanctions   ✓ July,   conference   “Maritime   piracy   and   economic  

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sanctions.  Distortionary  effects  on  international  trade”,  Italian  Society  for  International  Organization,  Rome  ✓ November  working  meeting  with  the  Middle  East  Center   for  Strategic   and  Legal  Studies,   Saudi  Arabia,  NCTM  Rome  ✓ Completed  1  research  project  for  Italian  MFA  titled  “UE  strategy  for   the   Adriatic   Ionian   Region   and   Italian   foreign   policy”   (Joint   research  project   with   CeSPI   /   ISTRID)   2015  ✓ March,   expert   roundtable   Foreign  fighter  and  transnational  jihad.  Comparison  of  instruments  for  prevention  and   contrast”,   Center   for   High   Defence   Studies,   Rome   ✓ May,  participation   to   the   roundtable   “The   future   of   economic   sanctions.   The  cases  of   Iran,  Russia,  Eritrea  and  Sudan”,  Ministry  of  Foreign  Affairs  July,  Hearing  of  CeNASS  Director   in   front  of   the  Foreign  Affairs  Committee  of  the   Parliament   on   Turkey   and   Italian   Foreign   Policy,   Rome   ✓ July,  publication   of   the   book   “Piracy   in   the   horn   of   Africa   as   security   threat“  ✓ November,   conference   “What   is   war   in   the   context   of   present  international   conflicts”,   LUISS   University,   Rome   ✓ November,  participation  to  the  NATO  Parliamentary  Assembly,  Special  Group  on  the  Mediterranean,  Florence  ✓ Completed  1  research  project  for  Italian  MFA  titled   “Inter-­‐parliamentary   cooperation   and   integrative   federalism.   Tools  for  institutional  strengthening,  crisis  prevention  and  state  building  in  Sub-­‐Saharan   Africa   (Joint   research   project   with   Società   Geografica   Italiana)  2016   ✓ January,   international   workshop   “Sicurezza   delle   frontiere   e  migrazioni.   Quali   idee   di   Europa”,   Spazio   Europa,   Rome  ✓ February  publication  of  the  book  “Jurisdiction  of  crimes  committed  in  the  high  seas”  ✓ Forthcoming,   12   April   2016,   international   conference   “Economic  sanctions.  The  challenge  of  compliance”,  Rome.    

Europe  and  its  Near  Abroad  European   countries   and   the   European   Union   have   experienced   in   the   last   decade   a   veritable   revolution   of   their  internal   affairs   as   well   as   of   their   Eastern   and   Southern   geopolitical   environment.   Instability,   conflicts,   terrorism,  collapsing   statehood  appears   to   remain   un-­‐challenged   threats   in   a  wide  arch   of   crisis,   stretching   from   the  Gulf   of  Guinea  to  the  Horn  of  Africa,  the  Eastern  Mediterranean  up  to  the  Baltic  Sea.  In  order  to  respond  to  the  deterioration  of  security  in  Europe’s  neighborhood,  EU  countries  need  to  create  a  new  common  geopolitical  identity,  a  process  that  starts  acknowledging   the  existence  of  a  space  of   special   interest  and  concern  for  their  prosperity  and  security.  This  space,  proximal  to  EU  borders,  should  be  regarded  as  Europe’s  Near  Abroad  and  it  should  be  considered  part  of  EU  security  and  stability  Commonwealth.   Its  definition  and  the  study  of  its  political,  economical  and  security  dynamics  are  the  objective  of  the  Center  for  Near  Abroad  Strategic  Studies.