Euro-Gulf Information Centre

Check out our latest #podcast on @Spotify with @matrobinson and @pier_falasca talking about Hormuz, Iran, the future of GCC security and Europe’s role in it: open.spotify.com/episode/0Xdr2b…

Cheers to 77 years! 🥳 Happy Founding Day @NATO!🎉 #WeAreNATO

Always a pleasure to meet with Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, Chairman of the @Gulf_Research. Today, we exchanged views on the ongoing regional crisis.

الهجمات الإيرانية على دول الخليج العربي والمملكة الأردنية الهاشمية حتى 5 أبريل 2026: إجمالي 6,570 هجمة، تشمل صواريخ ومسيرات، بما يعكس تصاعدًا في حجم العمليات واتساع رقعتها الجغرافية. #دول_الخليج #إيران #الأردن #الأمن_الإقليمي

The illogicality of charging tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz

Explore the deep ties between the GCC & EU in our Gulf History Portal. Your gateway to key political, economic & cultural insights! #GCC #EU Read more about it here⤵️ 📍egic.info/gulf-history-p…

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout is now the longest nation-scale internet shutdown on record in any country, exceeding all other comparable incidents in severity having entered its 37th consecutive day after 864 hours.

➡️ Happy 7️⃣7️⃣th Anniversary @NATO! 🥳 NATO Headquarters Sarajevo marks #NATODay, committed to the security, stability, and prosperous future of 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina. #WeAreNATO #WeArePartners

Why Meloni’s Gulf move was smart, timely, and strategically bold. In 90 days, we will assess its effectiveness. On April 3rd, Giorgia Meloni did something intelligent and timely — and it’s worth understanding exactly why. The Strait of Hormuz is partially closed. Oil flows are disrupted. Gas prices across Europe are surging. Qatar’s LNG supplies to Italy have been suspended until at least mid-June. In this scenario, Italy chose to act — fast. Three capitals (Riyadh, Doha, Abu Dhabi). Forty-eight hours. One clear agenda. Meloni became the first EU, G20, and NATO leader to visit the Gulf since the outbreak of the US-Israel-Iran conflict on February 28. It was a precision diplomatic mission, built on decades of relationships that Italy — through ENI, Leonardo, Fincantieri, and a dense network of industrial partnerships — has carefully cultivated across the Arabian Peninsula. The timing gave Italy first-mover advantage. The UAE had already pledged $40 billion in investments in Italy. ENI operates across every country visited. Meloni didn’t arrive empty-handed — she arrived with leverage. Meanwhile, Moscow and Beijing were positioning themselves as crisis mediators. Italy’s initiative sent a clear signal: Europe can still act with purpose and autonomy. Each capital had its own outcome: security frameworks and oil supply talks in Riyadh; LNG crisis management and ceasefire-channel diplomacy in Doha; five signed strategic agreements — energy, technology, defense, industry — in Abu Dhabi. Meloni tells Trump she disagrees with this war. Interviewed by Italy’s leading national broadcaster, Meloni was unambiguous. The transatlantic alliance between Europe and the United States is fundamental. But good allies, she said, are precisely those who know how to disagree openly. And on this war, she told President Trump directly: Italy does not agree with this conflict. That is a significant statement. It positions Italy neither as a passive follower of Washington nor as an antagonist — but as a sovereign allied voice, capable of loyalty and dissent at the same time. Across the Gulf, where every government is watching Washington’s partners with acute attention, that distinction carries real weight. A note of honesty. None of this means the work is done. Supply commitments are political frameworks, not binding guarantees. Industrial agreements take time to become real contracts. And the fundamental question remains: can Italy back Gulf security, supply defense systems, and still stay out of the conflict? That line may eventually become impossible to hold. The credibility of this diplomacy will be measured on implementation — not on the announcement. In a moment of genuine crisis, Italy chose to act rather than wait. It used its relationships, its industrial network, its diplomatic capital. Was it a risky move? Yes. Was it intelligent? The next 90 days will confirm it. But as of today — yes, it was. @EGIC_

Explore the deep ties between the GCC & EU in our Gulf History Portal. Your gateway to key political, economic & cultural insights! #GCC #EU Read more about it here⤵️ 📍egic.info/gulf-history-p…

#EGICSilentSpaces Athens Tzistarakis Mosque (1759) remained a mosque until the Greek War of Independence then served as a venue, prison, barracks and warehouse and shortly revived as a mosque for former King Saud bin Abdulaziz al Saud m.youtube.com/watch?v=8vw8eb…

We are proud to announce our new YouTube channel which produces Silent Spaces videos (no commentary) that capture key sites in the Euro-Middle East and encourage reflection on the flow of history between Europe and the Arab world: @Euro-GulfInformationCentre" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">m.youtube.com/@Euro-GulfInfo…

🎙️A new episode of our podcast is out! 📍 open.spotify.com/show/7nP4USfmE…

"The Italian response to the Gulf Crisis is a mix of cautiousness and pragmatism. Rome has to govern the tension between not entering the conflict and providing assistance to its strategic allies in the region" 🔔 Have a look at our recent articles🔔 📍 egic.info/analyse/the-it…

Explore the deep ties between the GCC & EU in our Gulf History Portal. Your gateway to key political, economic & cultural insights! #GCC #EU Read more about it here⤵️ 📍egic.info/gulf-history-p…

🔗 La sete come arma del terrore, la tentazione terribile dell’Iran | Piercamillo Falasca inoltrenews.it/la-sete-come-a…

L’8 marzo 2026, un drone iraniano ha violato lo spazio aereo del Bahrain e ha colpito un impianto di desalinizzazione. Ha colpito i macchinari che trasformano l’acqua del mare in qualcosa senza cui gli esseri umani non possono vivere. In una regione senza risorse idriche naturali, colpire le infrastrutture significa colpire la sopravvivenza stessa delle popolazioni. Piercamillo Falasca su InOltre. Il link nel primo commento

As the Gulf crisis intensifies, important lessons are being learned and many of these depend on the interests at stake. For a reading into the Italian approach to the crisis take a look at our most recent analysis: egic.info/analyse/the-it…

التقى السفير يوسف البطاينة مع ممثل إيطاليا لدى حلف شمال الأطلسي (الناتو)، السفير أليساندرو أزوني. بحثا التصعيدات العسكرية في المنطقة وآثارها على المملكة وسبل تعزيز دعم حلف الناتو للأردن في مواجهة التحديات الراهنة.

🔴 WATCH | "Most people are feeling confident enough to stay in the Gulf states," notes @Dr_DaniaThafer on the large expatriate community in the Gulf and what industries might be at risk if workers begin to leave. ICYMI Watch the full panel here ➡️ bit.ly/4uO4jRG