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Book Presentation : Aftermath of War in Europe: The West Vs. The Global South

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The Policy Center for the New South organizes the presentation of the book “Aftermath of War in Europe: The West vs. the Global South”. This event will take place Wednesday, March 15th at 14:00 (GMT+1) at the PCNS’ Headquarter in Rabat.

This event will be the opportunity to present the publication and provide an insight into the lens through which countries of the Global South view the current period of successive crises, brought about by an ongoing global pandemic and a war in Europe.

In multiple ways, the year 2022 is proving to be one of the most conflicted since the end of the Cold War. The International Structure is at an inflection point; global power is shifting.  A series of crises, including a global pandemic and war in Europe, have ushered in a period of division, disruption and discord, fragmenting the world into blocs: a resurgent West, and a growing alliance of the Global South. Each bloc has its own interests. These are multilayered and complex. While the war in Europe grinds on, countries of the Global South want only that it ends. They too are paying the price for a war which is not in their interests, and 2022 was to have been the year of global recovery.

Western sanctions imposed on Russia have received a lukewarm reaction by the rest of the world. The ranks of the G20 highlight this division. On this matter, they split evenly, between West and Global South.  The latter seeks to balance and accommodate divergent interests while protecting its own. Deepening bilateral and multilateral ties in distinctly non-Western groupings has become an attractive option. Increasing multipolarity provides a menu of greater choice in a landscape within which global power is shifting. Despite its profound challenges, this era is not without opportunities.
 

14h00-14h45  

Presentation: Aftermath of War in Europe the West Vs. The Global South

Moderator     
- Len Ishmael, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South

Speakers        
- Abdelaaziz Ait Ali, Manager – Department of Economics, Policy Center for the New South
- Rim Berahab, Senior Economist, Policy Center for the New     South           
- Rida Lyammouri, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South                                               

Q&A with the audience

14h45-15h30

Q&A and Discussion with the audience
Speakers
Len Ishmael
Senior Fellow
Ambassador Dr. Len Ishmael is an affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University teaching the MSc course New South Dynamics, as well as Geopolitics and Geo-economics in the Joint HEC Paris/Public Policy School Executive Program. She is a Senior Fellow of the Policy Center for the New South, Distinguished Visiting Scholar of the German Marshall Fund of the United States of America and a Senior Fellow of the European Centre for Development Policy Management. Dr. Ishmael is the Global Affairs Advisor and Head of the Expert Groups of the Brussels Diplomatic Academy of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). She is the former Ambassador of the Eastern Caribbean States to the Kingdom of Belgium and European Union, past President of the 79-member African, Caribbean & ...
Abdelaaziz Ait Ali
Head - Research in Economics
Abdelaaziz Ait Ali is a principal Economist and head of the Research Department at the Policy Center for the New South. He joined the Center in 2014 after five years of experience at the Central Bank of Morocco. He worked as an economist in the International Studies and Relations Department and was analyzing the real estate price index and financial asset prices for monetary policy and financial stability purposes. Since then, Abdelaaziz has focused on cyclical and structural issues of the Moroccan economy, including macroeconomic management and industrial policy design. He has published articles on the reform of the exchange rate regime in the Moroccan economy and its implications for macroeconomic regulation, as well as on the evolution of the macroeconomic framework over th ...
Rim Berahab
Senior Economist
Rim Berahab is Senior Economist at the Policy Center for the New South, which she joined in 2014. She is currently working on themes related to energy issues and their impacts on economic growth and long-term development. Her research areas also cover trade and regional integration challenges in Africa. Previously, she has also worked on questions related to gender inequalities in the labor market of North African countries. Rim spent three months at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in 2016, in the Commodities Unit of the Research Department. She holds a State Engineering degree from the National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (INSEA). ...
Rida Lyammouri
Senior Fellow
Rida Lyammouri is a senior fellow at the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS). He is also a senior West Africa and Lake Chad Basin researcher and advisor, with expertise in regional conflicts, violent extremism, climate change, migration, and trafficking. He specialises in analysing climate-conflict interactions in the Lake Chad Basin, West Africa, and the Sahel, studying resource scarcity, adaptive strategies, and socio-economic impacts. His multidisciplinary approach combines climate science and conflict analysis, offering insights into the region's climate-security nexus.       ...