Researcher Peace and Security Monitor, Mediterranean Programme

Juan Carlos holds a bachelor degree in international relations from Loyola University (Seville, Spain) and a Master’s degree in Comparative Middle Eastern Politics and Societies from Universität Tübingen in Germany. He has gained experience researching on a variety of issues, with a special focus on geopolitics, security and migration flows at Oxfam Intermon (Seville, Spain) and JRS (Malta), as well as on digital platforms such as Fair Observer, The Geopolitics or Geopol21. His professional experience has also developed in various positions and projects at the European Solidarity Corps, with a short tenure in Budapest (Hungary) and a long tenure in Padova (Italy). He has experience with the implementation of European Union projects in multicultural environments.

• Egyptian Soft Power in the Arab World in Issue 15 of the Peace and Security Monitor: Mediterranean (April 2024)
• The Alawite Identity and Its Influence on Syrian Politics in Issue 9 of the Peace and Security Monitor: Mediterranean (October 2022)
• Putin and Bashar al-Asad: The Relationship Between Two War-torn Regimes in Issue 7 of the Peace and Security Monitor: Mediterranean (May 2022)
• Relations between Spain and Morocco: The Recent History of Two Countries at Odds in Issue 7 of the Peace and Security Monitor: Mediterranean
• Ethnic Diversity in Post-Gaddafi Libyan Politics in Issue 6 of the Peace and Security Monitor: Mediterranean (March 2022)
• Politics in Algeria: How Colonization and Independence marked Algeria’s Political Structure in Issue 6 of the Peace and Security Monitor: Mediterranean (March 2022)
• The Role of the Jewish Community in Moroccan Foreign Policy in Issue 5 of the Peace and Security Monitor: Mediterranean (January 2022)
• Maltese-Libyan Relations: Two Nations United by the Mediterranean in Issue 5 the Peace and Security Monitor: Mediterranean (January 2022)

• Geopolitics
• Regime change and authorisation
• Armed conflicts and security studies
• Migration flows

• Southern Europe and MENA region

• Spanish
• English
• German
• Arabic
• French
• Italian
• Portuguese