Prague Center for Middle East Relations
The Prague Center for Middle East Relations (PCMR) was established in September 2019 as an internal research, education and advisory facility of CEVRO Institute.Recent Activities
Roundtable “Tackling Lebanon’s Crisis”
Prague Centre for Middle East Relations (PCMR) of CEVRO organized a closed roundtable “Tackling Lebanon’s Crisis” with Sami Zoughaib, Economist and Research Manager at Lebanon-based think-tank The Policy Initiative. Sami Zoughaib focuses on politics, political economy and governance in Lebanon.
Roundtable “Russian Meddling in the Middle East: The Jerusalem Perspective”
Prague Centre for Middle East Relations (PCMR) of CEVRO with Association for International Affairs (AMO) organized a closed roundtable “Russian Meddling in the Middle East: The Jerusalem Perspective” with Vladimir (Ze’ev) Khanin, expert on Israeli-Russian relations and politics and Russian-speaking Jewish community in Israel and in diaspora.
Roundtable “Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria: Between Hammers and Anvils”
Prague Centre for Middle East Relations (PCMR) of CEVRO held a closed roundtable “Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria: Between Hammers and Anvils.” Our distinguished guests were members of Syrian National Coalition Dr. Abdelhakim Bachar, Abdullah Kaddo and Muhamad Nazir Hakim.
Message of the PCMR Director
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have been undergoing significant political turbulences that affect not only regional stability and security but also international politics. The Arab Spring leading to profound changes in regimes and governance in some of the countries, ongoing armed conflicts, migration crisis and threat of Islamic extremism are all issues that are discussed in media on daily basis that we feel do not have enough attention in academic and public policy sphere in the Czech Republic and consequently also in the wider Central Europe.
Mission
- Our mission is to further in-depth academic understanding of the rapid security, political and social economic changes in the Middle East and North Africa through conducting up to date policy-oriented research.
- We also aim to develop relevant recommendations regarding the developments in the MENA region to assist decision-making processes both in the Czech Republic and in wider Central Europe.
- We also focus on enriching contemporary debate among academia, decision-makers and wider public regarding the challenges and opportunities the MENA region currently faces and its implications for both domestic and foreign policy-making of European countries.
Vision
- We aspire to fill in the existing gap in the landscape of think-tanks in the Czech Republic and in wider Central Europe by focusing on current issues in the MENA region.
- We endeavour to become a leading research institution in Central Europe concentrating on producing high-quality, practice-oriented research results regarding the developments in the MENA region.
- We aim at cultivating academic, media, and public policy debate regarding the MENA region and challenges it faces in order to identify opportunities and tackle threats stemming from rapid changes in the area.
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