Regional Contact Group for the Middle East III

On July 7 2014, the Toledo International Centre for Peace (CITpax) convened a group of policy experts to explore ideas to help resolve current conflicts in the region and explore new political and security architectures in the Middle East. The meeting, chaired by Javier Solana, President of ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics, and Thomas Pickering, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs at the State Department (USA), counted with the participation of representatives from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in order to advice them and contribute id Read more...

New Politics and Governance in the Middle East – Building for the Long Term

The Toledo International Center for Peace (CITpax), the Barcelona Center for International Affairs (CIDOB) and the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) - with the support of the Barcelona City Council - organised, on July 2-3 2015 a closed-door roundtable on "New Politics & Governance in the Middle East – Building for the Long Term”.This initiative builds on a first discussion held in May, 2014 in Madrid, hosted by CITpax that gathered young political actors from the Middle East and Europe regarding new roads for politics in the region.  The purpose of the second meeting was to dis Read more...

Towards a Greater Understanding of Violent Extremism and Radicalisation

The Toledo International Centre for Peace (CITpax), in cooperation with Casa Arabe and with the support of the office of the Secretary General for Defense Policy, organised on June 30 2015 a roundtable under the title “Towards a Greater Understanding of Violent Extremism and Radicalisation”.The event, held at Casa Arabe, involved the participation as guest speakers of Dr. Scott Atran, Director of Research in Anthropology, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique de Paris and Jean Pierre Katrib, Strategic Relations Director at Quantum Communications; and the comments by Martin Griffiths, Ex Read more...

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