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Alex Simon

Manages Synaps’ Syria portfolio->http://www.synaps.network].

The Intertwined Destinies of Europe and North Africa Alex Simon · November 2023 Climate change, which governments and NGOs are expected to tackle at COP 28 in Dubai, calls for reflection on the interdependence of societies, particularly in the Mediterranean. In this context, migration policies, in particular, which seek to turn Europe into a fortress, seem to run counter to (…)
Unlocking Europe’s Syrian straitjacket Alex Simon · March 2019 The EU is in urgent need of a Syria policy that looks beyond the chimera of a negotiated transition. Rather than grasping for means toward this implausible end, a sound approach would prioritize bolstering those assets Syrian society needs to ensure its immediate survival and future viability. (…)