Geopolitics is back. A more aggressive great power competition and the disruptive

effects of new technologies have given new impetus to the analysis of the impact of

geography on political decisions.

Over the last decade, the Mediterranean and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

region have experienced profound and far-reaching social, political and economic

transformations that have contributed to unprecedented levels of volatility and uncertainty.

Some of these shifts have reshaped many of the traditional features of the geopolitical

order in place in the region for decades, while others might have the potential to do so

in the near future. Increased competition among regional actors but also new stakes by

emerging global powers are redefining the contours of regional geopolitics and the way

in which this region relates to broader global trends. Infrastructures is one of the areas

where the effects of those global and regional dynamics are more visible and this is why

a good grasp of the geopolitics of infrastructures can help us understand the broader

geopolitical shifts in the Middle East and North Africa better.