Events

The past years have seen a reorientation of Morocco’s regional foreign policy and an acceleration of Morocco’s economic integration with Sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, socio-economic challenges at home persist and have reinforced domestic economic and political grievances, which have also acted as key drivers of radicalization. Consequently, some have criticized the increasing investments in countries south of the Sahara and called for greater domestic engagement to improve the country’s situation.

For the EU, Russia, China, and not least the Central Asian states, transcontinental commercial, financial, economic and physical connectivity in Eurasia bears considerable common ground. Gathering for a strategic workshop, experts exchanged views on various ways to fortify this connectivity.

Wirtschaftsbeziehungen können in Zeiten politischer Spannungen stabilisieren, betonte Bundeswirtschaftsminister Peter Altmaier in der DGAP.

The future of Europe is a topic which requires political will. It must be addressed at the Visegrád Group’s summit in Bratislava, which the German Chancellor Merkel is anticipated to attend in February 2019, a DGAP conference of Visegrád experts found.