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Security Challenges in the Mediterranean Region

Members Event

5 March 2020 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE

Event participants

HE George Vella, President, Republic of Malta

Chair: Dr Alex Vines OBE, Managing Director, Ethics, Risk & Resilience; Director, Africa Programme, Chatham House

The president of Malta discusses the current security challenges in the Mediterranean region, reflecting on the role of international cooperation in addressing climate change, migration and refugee flows.

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Effect of a Lifestyle Intervention Program With Energy-Restricted Mediterranean Diet and Exercise on Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Risk Factors: One-Year Results of the PREDIMED-Plus Trial

Jordi Salas-Salvadó
May 1, 2019; 42:777-788
Continuing Evolution of Nutritional Therapy for Diabetes




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Beyond Transactional Deals: Building Lasting Migration Partnerships in the Mediterranean

Since the 2015–16 refugee crisis, European policymakers have eagerly sought cooperation with origin and transit countries in the hopes of stemming unauthorized migration to Europe. This approach is neither new, nor without its limitations. By examining the evolution of two longstanding Mediterranean partnerships—between Spain and Morocco, and Italy and Tunisia—this report offers insights on what has and has not worked.




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The DASH diet Mediterranean solution : the best eating plan to control your weight and improve your health for life / Marla Heller, MS, RD.

Hypertension -- Diet therapy -- Recipes.




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Is Egypt trying to provoke Turkey in eastern Mediterranean?

Although Egypt has stopped liquefying and exporting liquefied natural gas due to the global collapse of prices as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, it is still expanding its gas production in the eastern Mediterranean.




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Mediterranean Diet Helps Protect Aging Brain

Title: Mediterranean Diet Helps Protect Aging Brain
Category: Health News
Created: 4/27/2010 8:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2010 12:00:00 AM




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Mediterranean Diet Might Help Stave Off Dementia

Title: Mediterranean Diet Might Help Stave Off Dementia
Category: Health News
Created: 4/29/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2013 12:00:00 AM




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Designer Destinations: ALINKA designer on St. Petersburg's old world decadence and where to find the best view of the Mediterranean

On the launch of the new collection, AMALFI, we chat to ALINKA's designer about her love of the namesake Italian coastline




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The EU, Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean


Event Information

May 14, 2014
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT

Saul/Zilkha Rooms
Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

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A Statesman's Forum with Federica Mogherini, Foreign Minister of Italy

On May 14, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings, in partnership with the Council for the United States and Italy, will host Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini for an address on Italy’s foreign policy during a period of geopolitical turmoil. In her remarks, Mogherini will offer perspectives on recent developments on the frontiers of Europe and explore how Italy and the U.S. can work together, along with the European Union and NATO, to address the ongoing challenges in Ukraine, the Mediterranean and beyond.

Federica Mogherini has been minister for foreign affairs since February 2014. She was previously a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committees of the Chamber of Deputies and chair of the Italian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO. She has been active in promoting nuclear disarmament in the Italian parliament, including a successfully adopted resolution supporting the nuclear disarmament visions and plans of President Obama and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Brookings Acting Deputy Director for Foreign Policy Steven Pifer will introduce Minister Mogherini. Michael Calingaert of Brookings and the Council for the U.S. and Italy will moderate a question and answer session at the conclusion of the minister’s remarks.

Join the conversation on Twitter using #Mogherini

     
 
 




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Politics Trump Economics in the Complex Game of Eastern Mediterranean Hydrocarbons


A 2010 publication of the U.S. Geological Survey caused major excitement in Cyprus, an island that at the time was suffering from the economic collapse of its neighbor and major trading partner, Greece. According to the publication, the seabed of the Eastern Mediterranean could contain up to 120 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas.3 Three years later, the Cypriot administration has high hopes that natural gas exports may get Cyprus—the third smallest European Union member state—back on its feet, after its own financial collapse in 2012. Unfortunately for the Cypriots, the reality on the ground is sobering, and it is currently unclear whether Cyprus will become a producer, or an exporter, of natural gas. Around Cyprus, other countries hope to benefit from the energy potential as well, including Israel, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority. In the Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), in particular, substantial reserves of natural gas have been found, though the verdict is out whether these will in fact all be produced.

Exploration of Cyprus’s offshore concessions is at an early stage. Energy majors such as ENI and Total are among the first to explore possible gas (and oil) reserves and they expect results not before 2015. To date, only two test wells have been drilled by Houston-based Noble Energy. Proven reserves have been downgraded since and are currently estimated to be between 3 and 5 tcf. At this level of reserves, investing in a natural gas liquefaction terminal, which the Cypriot administration has supported, is not economically viable. A better alternative would be to construct a pipeline to Turkey, which has a large and rapidly growing market for natural gas.

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When it comes to kids, "There is no Mediterranean diet anymore."

The nations once renowned for their way of eating now have the highest childhood obesity rates in Europe.




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Here's what a year of Mediterranean Diet can do to the gut microbiome

The diet appears to act on gut bacteria in a way that helps hinder physical frailty and reduce cognitive decline in older age, researchers find.






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Mediterranean diet may curb air pollution's effect on health



Consuming Mediterranean diet rich in antioxidants could reduce the adverse effects of air pollution on health. A diet which includes antioxidants present in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, olive oils, fish and poultry over red meat and processed foods, can weaken the adverse effects of exposure to high levels of air pollution, says researchers.

The study showed that people who least adhered to these antioxidant-rich foods had 17 per cent higher risk of cardiovascular disease related deaths for every 10 micrograms per cubic meter increase in long-term average PM2.5 exposure, compared to 5 per cent in those who consumed such diet.

"Given the benefits we found of a diet high in antioxidants, our results are consistent with the hypothesis that particle air pollution caused by fossil fuel combustion adversely affects health by inducing oxidative stress and inflammation," said George Thurston from Department of Environmental Medicine at the New York University.

The study, presented at the American Thoracic Society 2018 International Conference in San Diego, included data from 548,699 participants for over a period of 17 years. They were linked to estimates of long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3) based on census tract information.

Deaths from all causes increased by 5 per cent for every 10 parts per billion (ppb) increase in long-term average NO2 exposure in those with least consumption of the diet as compared to 2 per cent among the people with higher consumption.

"However the diet did not appear to protect against the harmful effects of long-term exposure to O3...the ozone effect was not significantly blunted by a Mediterranean diet, so ozone apparently affects cardiac health through a different mechanism", said Thurston.

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Mediterranean Diet Helps Preserve Cognitive Function

Mediterranean-rich diet was found to correlate with higher cognitive function, said researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National




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Promoting investment in the Mediterranean

This joint EU-OECD programme supports Mediterranean governments to attract quality investment for job creation, local development, economic diversification and stability.




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Taste the sunshine: Ainsley Harriott's Mediterranean Cookbook

For my new TV series Ainsley's Mediterranean Cookbook, I went on a journey to explore the history of Mediterranean cooking and the routes the ingredients themselves have taken




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Deadly disease killing olive trees across the Mediterranean could cost the industry £17.5BILLION

Xylella fastidiosa is the most deadly pathogen in the world for all plants and there is no cure. It is currently infecting trees in Italy and is threatening Spain and Greece.




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The Mediterranean diaspora in late Antiquity : what Christianity cost the Jews [Electronic book] / Ross Shepard Kraemer.

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.




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At Europe's edge : migration and crisis in the Mediterranean [Electronic book] / Ċetta Mainwaring.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.




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The mobility of people and things in the early modern Mediterranean: the art of travel / edited by Elisabeth A. Fraser

Rotch Library - N72.G55 M63 2020




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Projecting resilience across the Mediterranean / Eugenio Cusumano, Stefan Hofmaier, editors

Online Resource




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US foreign policy in the Eastern Mediterranean: power politics and ideology under the sun / Spyridon N. Litsas

Online Resource




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Tourism, environment and ecology in the Mediterranean Region / edited by Recep Efe and Münir Öztürk




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Applied electromagnetic engineering for advanced materials from macro-to nanoscale under static-to shock loading : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 10th Japanese-Mediterranean Workshop on Applied Electromagnetic Engineering for Magnetic, Supercondu




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Arabian drugs in early medieval Mediterranean medicine / Zohar Amar and Efraim Lev

Rotch Library - RS180.A65 A43 2018




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The Mediterranean Sea in the Era of Global Change 2: 30 Years of Multidisciplinary Study of the Ligurian Sea


 

Due to its particular characteristics, the Mediterranean Sea is often viewed as a microcosm of the World Ocean. Its proportionally-reduced dimensions and peculiar hydrological circulation render it susceptible to environmental and climatic constraints, which are rapidly evolving. The Mediterranean is therefore an ideal site to examine, in order to better understand a number of key oceanographic phenomena. This is especially true of the Ligurian Sea



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The Mediterranean Sea in the Era of Global Change 1: 30 Years of Multidisciplinary Study of the Ligurian Sea


 

Due to its particular characteristics, the Mediterranean Sea is often viewed as a microcosm of the World Ocean. Its proportionally-reduced dimensions and peculiar hydrological circulation render it susceptible to environmental and climatic constraints, which are rapidly evolving. The Mediterranean is therefore an ideal site to examine, in order to better understand a number of key oceanographic phenomena. This is especially true of the Ligurian Sea



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Mapping the Archaeological Continuum: Filling 'Empty' Mediterranean Landscapes / by Stefano R.L. Campana

Online Resource




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Inclusion and exclusion in Mediterranean Christianities, 400-800 / edited by Yaniv Fox and Erica Buchberger

Dewey Library - BR115.S56 I53 2019




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Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities [electronic resource] : A Study of Mersin, Turkey—From Antiquity to Modernity / edited by Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu, Eyüp Özveren, Tülin Selvi Ünlü




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How the Gospels became history : Jesus and Mediterranean myths / M. David Litwa

Litwa, M. David, author




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Current news in cardiology [electronic resource] : proceedings of the Mediterranean Cardiology Meeting (Taormina, May 20-22, 2007) / Michele M. Gulizia, editor

Milan ; New York : Springer, 2007




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Women, dance and revolution: performance and protest in the southern Mediterranean / Rose Martin

Rotch Library - GV1704.M37 2016




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Protests and generations: legacies and emergences in the Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean / edited by Mark Muhannad Ayyash, Ratiba Hadj-Moussa

Rotch Library - DS63.123.P76 2017




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Migration in the western Mediterranean: space, mobility, and borders / edited by Laure-Anne Bernes, Hassan Bousetta and Caroline Zickgraf

Rotch Library - JV7590.M4864 2018




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Eastern Mediterranean port cities: a study of Mersin, Turkey -- from antiquity to modernity / Filiz Yenişehirlioğlu, Eyüp Özveren, Tülin Selvi Ünlü, editors

Rotch Library - DR741.M4 E37 2019




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Migrations, arts and postcoloniality in the Mediterranean / Celeste Ianniciello

Rotch Library - N8214.5.M48 I23 2018




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Authority and control in the countryside: from antiquity to Islam in the Mediterranean and Near East (sixth-tenth century) / edited by Alain Delattre, Marie Legendre and Petra M. Sijpesteijn

Rotch Library - DE94.A95 2019




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Grounded identities: territory and belonging in the medieval and early modern Middle East and Mediterranean / edited by Steve Tamari

Rotch Library - DS36.57.G76 2019




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Arabian drugs in early medieval Mediterranean medicine / Zohar Amar and Efraim Lev

Rotch Library - RS180.A65 A43 2018




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Geography, religion, and sainthood in Eastern Mediterranean / Erica Ferg

Rotch Library - BL65.G4 F47 2020




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Ex-centric migrations: Europe and the Maghreb in Mediterranean cinema, literature, and music / Hakim Abderrezak

Rotch Library - PN1995.9.N66 A24 2016




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The archaeology of medieval Islamic frontiers: from the Mediterranean to the Caspian Sea / edited by A. Asa Eger

Rotch Library - DS38.3.A74 2019




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Mediterranean revival buildings on East Davis Boulevard




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[A mediterranean style house]




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A Mediterranean style house




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A Mediterranean style house in Tampa




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Mediterranean style house in Tampa