Nearly four years have passed since the people of Yemen, along with those of much of the rest of the MENA region, took to the streets en masse to demand human dignity and popular sovereignty. Now, having shelled the home of President Hadi and provoked …
Read More »The Economic Situation of Egypt on The Fourth Anniversary of the Revolution
Four years after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, it is still difficult to kick-start the Egyptian economy. Indeed, the situation remains quite worrying. In addition to a continuously increasing population, political instability, serious security and terrorist threats, energy and environmental …
Read More »Authoritarian, corrupt and unfit for purpose: President Abbas and the Palestinian Authority
President Abbas’ and the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) long-fomenting crisis of legitimacy has reached new levels, with representatives of three hundred and fifty unpaid public-sector employees denouncing the administration in a scathing letter sent to the Arab League, European Union representatives …
Read More »Abdullah’s Legacy: A Succession Enlivened in an Unstable Regional Context
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died on Friday, January 23, 2014, aged 91 years. His successor was announced as Prince Salman, his half-brother, at the same time. On the very day of Abdullah’s death, the president of Yemen announced …
Read More »A Pharaonic Project Around the Suez Canal for 2015, a Chance for Egyptian Economic Crisis
Water is a crucial element for the survival of man in the world and particularly in the Middle East and an unavoidable aspect of development. Circulation of men, goods and boats also need the water cross countries. The Suez Canal was one of …
Read More »Charlie Hebdo and Western Denial: the political roots of Islamist extremism
Wednesday’s murder of twelve Charlie Hebdo journalists was tragic, brutal and unjustifiable: this is beyond doubt. However, the way in which we understand the attack – and Islamist extremism more generally – desperately requires rethinking. The current mainstream narrative is …
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