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Andrea Cellino
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Vice president, Middle East Institute Switzerland, Executive-in-Residence GCSP - security governance #Libya #Tunisia #Morocco #Algeria #MENA #Ukraine #Eurasia - usual caveats
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Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social · Jul 30
Interested in international security and development programming?

@robertamaggi.bsky.social and I we have prepared an online course for the European Governance Lab on

🌍 SECURITY IN FRAGMENTED STATES: UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONDING TO HYBRID SECURITY CHALLENGES
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Security in Fragmented States: Understanding and Responding to Hybrid Security Challenges – European Governance Lab
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 15d
Moroccans are claiming their human rights and calling for an end to corruption.

Will King Mohamed VI deliver on his promise to create jobs and improve health care and education? Will his government investigate the use of lethal force by the police against protestors?

Read👇
https://bit.ly/4hgLq3h
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Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social · 17d
Putin Welcomes the New Syrian Leader While Still Harboring the Old One www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w...
Putin Welcomes the New Syrian Leader While Still Harboring the Old One
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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 22d
For The Libya Gazette, I sat down with @andreaterenzio.bsky.social, to discuss how Europe’s outsourcing of migration control to Libya has created a system of abuse across the Mediterranean.

Read it here: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

#Migration #Libya #EU #HumanRights
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Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social · 22d
Sovereignty in All but Name: Israel’s Quickening Annexation of the West Bank
With prominent members serving in Netanyahu’s government, the settler movement is steering the Israeli state toward establishing formal permanent control of the occupied West Bank.
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Sovereignty in All but Name: Israel’s Quickening Annexation of the West Bank | International Crisis Group
With prominent members serving in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the settler movement is steering the Israeli state toward establishing formal permanent control of the occupied West B...
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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 23d
“Europe has lost control of the very policy it tried to contain.”

@andreaterenzio.bsky.social, vice president at the Middle East Institute in Geneva, told me when we spoke about Europe’s decision to outsource migration control to Libya: maghrebi.org/2025/10/07/t...

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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 25d
Today is a day of grief. Absolutely.

Those who celebrate violence & suffering are edgelords. We need more people who have internalised this wisdom.
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Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 25d
“Political commitments to improve conditions in Libyan detention centres have never been realised because it went against the political interest of both Italy and the EU.”

Read my article with @andreaterenzio.bsky.social in this week's Libya Gazette: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
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Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social · 26d
I spoke to @eddiemonkman.bsky.social on the failures, human cost, and political consequences of #EU #migration outsourcing policies, since the 2017 Italy-Libya MoU.
eddiemonkman.bsky.social Eddie Monkman @eddiemonkman.bsky.social · 26d
New issue of Libya Gazette out now, inside:

EU’s outsourcing of migration control to Libya — and the human cost.

Algeria warns of “foreign interference” in Libya’s future.

Libya’s new higher education strategy.

Read the full issue: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

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Umberto Profazio @profazio.bsky.social · Oct 1
'[..] Keir Starmer has suggested that the #UK should look to European – specifically Italian – approaches towards tackling the source of migration flows. However, while #Italy can claim to have reduced overall sea crossings to its territory, its engagement in #Libya offers a cautionary tale.'
Libya shows ‘smash the gangs’ is not always a useful slogan on migration policy
A political, as well as a criminal justice based approach, is required for an effective UK policy.
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Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social · Oct 1
Le plan américain, s’il est effectivement appliqué, permettra aux Palestiniens de Gaza de survivre. Mais il est très loin de traiter la question à la racine
www.letemps.ch/opinions/edi...
Le plan de paix de Trump, seule bouée de sauvetage pour les Palestiniens? - Le Temps
ÉDITORIAL. Le plan américain, s’il est effectivement appliqué, permettra aux Palestiniens de Gaza de survivre. Mais il est très loin de traiter la question à la racine
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Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social · Sep 30
Ultimately, Mr. Netanyahu got almost everything he could have hoped from Mr. Trump’s proposal — a demand that Hamas release the hostages immediately and lay down its weapons, without which Israel would have carte blanche to keep pummeling Gaza.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...
With New U.S. Proposal to End Gaza War, a Rare Moment of Triumph for Netanyahu
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Nathalie Tocci @nathalietocci.bsky.social · Sep 30
La Flotilla ha ripreso il viaggio verso Gaza. Mettono a rischio la propria incolumità per fare ciò che governi e istituzioni avrebbero dovuto fare da tempo: esercitare ogni potere a loro disposizione affinché venga rispettato il diritto internazionale. Oggi su La Stampa
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Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social · Sep 30
Au Maroc, les manifestations spontanées du collectif « GenZ 212 » se poursuivent

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Au Maroc, les manifestations spontanées du collectif « GenZ 212 » se poursuivent
Dimanche 28 septembre, de nombreuses manifestations de jeunes ont eu lieu dans plusieurs grandes villes du pays pour le deuxième jour consécutif. Des dizaines de jeunes ont été interpellés, notamment ...
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Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social · Sep 25
Exclusif : des vétérans de Wagner règlent leurs comptes avec l’armée malienne
Dans un documentaire révélé par
@jeuneafrique.com , neuf mercenaires font le récit de leurs opérations au Mali.
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Exclusif : des vétérans de Wagner règlent leurs comptes avec l’armée malienne
Dans un documentaire révélé par Jeune Afrique, neuf mercenaires font le récit de leurs opérations au Mali. Ils n’ont pas de mots assez durs pour décrire les soldats maliens, volontiers présentés comme...
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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · Sep 25
Whatever the merits of the arguments, the threat seems empty - along the lines of, "I'll hit myself in the head with this hammer if you don't do what I want"
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Apple calls for changes to anti-monopoly laws and says it may stop shipping to the EU
The iPhone-maker criticises Brussels’ Digital Markets Act and says delayed features are leading to a worse experience for users
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Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social · Sep 25
BBC and news agencies launch film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza
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BBC and news agencies launch film calling on Israel to allow foreign journalists into Gaza
Israel does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza independently, citing security grounds.
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Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social · Sep 24
British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah freed from prison www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah freed from prison
Writer, who has served six years for sharing a Facebook post, was given a presidential pardon
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 23
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Recognizing Palestinian statehood “is empty symbolism at best, and at worst, a distraction from a lack of action to stop Israel’s war in Gaza and the starvation and forced displacement of roughly two million Palestinians living there,” Mustafa Barghouti writes.
Opinion | Palestinians Need More Than the Gesture of Statehood
Recognition of the State of Palestine must be accompanied by holding Israel accountable for its actions.
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Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social · Sep 22
A crisis is brewing in the Mediterranean, writes
@tmegrisi.bsky.social as Türkiye and Greece exploit Libya’s political instability to advance rival claims over offshore gas and maritime zones.

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Are Mediterranean Gas Fields Gold Mines or Volcanoes?
Rivalries over Mediterranean gas fields are turning Libya’s crisis into a volatile flashpoint between Türkiye, Greece and global energy powers.
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Mark Galeotti @markgaleotti.bsky.social · Sep 22
Monday morning re-up: Yes, there is a threat from Russia. But mischaracterising it and, more to the point, presenting every potential setback as existential for NATO/the West risks actually inflaming the problem and encouraging Putin to push harder
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Valérie de Graffenried @vdegraffenried.bsky.social · Sep 19
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La guerre des drones met l’OTAN à rude épreuve - Le Temps
Après l’épisode polonais, l’OTAN lance une nouvelle mission sur le flanc est. Mais envoyer des F-16 ou F-35 intercepter des drones russes qui valent quelques dizaines de milliers de francs l’unité est...
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Yezid Sayigh @yezidsayigh.bsky.social · Sep 21
www.youtube.com/@ac4pal

A 24-hour livestream of animated short clips in solidarity with Gaza

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To Gaza With Love | Palestine Solidarity | Help Gaza Live Stream
YouTube video by Animation Community 4 Palestine
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Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio.bsky.social · Sep 21
What @mashagessen.bsky.social writes about America is chilling, but this is what’s happening.

Look at This Country and I See a Stranger
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Opinion | I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger
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The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social · Sep 18
In case you're just catching us, TIMEP's event, "Beyond Fortress Europe: Rethinking Migration Governance in the EU and MENA," featuring @tmegrisi.bsky.social, Diana Rayes, Nadine Kheshen, Mohamed Lotfy, moderated by @tekaldas.bsky.social is LIVE.

Tune in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSSQ...
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Notes from the Faultline @faultlinenotes.bsky.social · Sep 16
Migration is one of Europe’s deepest faultlines⚡

Worth joining @timep.bsky.social on 18 Sept for Beyond Fortress Europe, which will explore how EU migration policy (un)shapes human rights, civic space & democracy, and what a humane alternative could be.

🔗 timep.org/2025/09/02/b...
Beyond Fortress Europe: Rethinking Migration Governance in the EU and MENA
In 2015, more than one million people—many fleeing conflict and unstable conditions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)—undertook dangerous journeys to reach European shores, sparking the conti...
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