Articles by Maria Gloria Polimeno

March 31, 2025

Environmental politics and forced evictions in Egypt

Maria Gloria Polimeno

Egypt’s regime is reshaping the country's political landscape under the guise of 'sustainable development'. But such development is resulting in the forced eviction of ordinary Egyptians. Maria Gloria Polimeno reveals how the state is neglecting the dire consequences of its actions

October 31, 2022

COP27 in Egypt: the archipelago of political and environmental lies

Maria Gloria Polimeno

COP27 will be held in Egypt, where environmentalism is being turned into new ways to control nature and citizens' lives under al-Sisi. This risks legitimating bio-autocracies, and it exposes the cowardice of green capitalism and sustainable neoliberalism, writes Maria Gloria Polimeno

May 23, 2022

The EU risks destabilising the Mediterranean in its search for new gas suppliers

Maria Gloria Polimeno

EU independence from Russia's fossil fuels is predicated on a defence of democratic principles. Yet, argues Maria Gloria Polimeno, a moral contradiction in policy is emerging as EU member states seeks other suppliers. This highlights the need for a sustainable green transition in EU energy supplies

January 25, 2021

The Arab uprisings ten years on: the EU must change its policy of neglect

Maria Gloria Polimeno

The EU has failed to support democracy and political change in the Middle East and North Africa. Maria Gloria Polimeno argues for a more inclusivist social approach, along with radically revised foreign policy

Maria Gloria Polimeno

Research Fellow, SOAS University of London / Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science

Gloria has held teaching, supervision and research positions at a number of Russell Group universities, including the University of Exeter, SOAS, Queen Mary University of London and the University of Cambridge.

She has also held research positions as a Middle East expert on British Academy and ERC-funded projects.

Gloria holds a PhD in Middle East Politics from the University of Exeter, and is a nominated Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Egypt and the Rise of Fluid Authoritarianism: Political Ecology, Power and the Crisis of Legitimacy
Manchester University Press, 2024

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Articles by Maria Gloria Polimeno

Environmental politics and forced evictions in Egypt

COP27 in Egypt: the archipelago of political and environmental lies

The EU risks destabilising the Mediterranean in its search for new gas suppliers

The Arab uprisings ten years on: the EU must change its policy of neglect

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