Algeria approves a budget right at the brink
Algeria has approved a budget for 2016 at the limit of the politically feasible after a tumultuous parliamentary session.
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood
EU in marriage of convenience with Turkey over migrants
Turkey and the EU struck a bargain under which the country whose European Union accession process has virtually ground to a halt will stem migrant flows to Europe in return for €3 billion in aid, fast-tracked visa privileges and the prospect of revived EU talks.
Recent evolution of terrorism in the Maghreb
While Libya has seen an extraordinary rise in terrorist violence, particularly since 2012, the frequency of attacks has been contained in Algeria since 2013, the year when terrorism started to grow considerably in Tunisia. Morocco has been notorious for an absence of attacks since 2011.
The 2015 Israeli elections: the non-existent ‘right vs left’ reality
In Israel’s current political climate, instead of an ideological split between the ‘right’ and ‘left’, the main ideological gaps today are between two types of parties that are willing to sit in on any coalition, either with Likud or Labour or both.
The Mediterranean refugee crisis: obstacles to an effective European action
The recent mediterranean refugee crisis has shown one the main gaps in European common policy to be filled.
Sectarianism in Bahrain and the New Middle East Cold War
In this new Middle East cold war context, the sectarianism has become a powerful political weapon used not only in Bahrain but also in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.
The true ‘Arab exception’
What has been confirmed by the four years of convulsive transitions in the Maghreb and the Middle East is that, for the time being, the ‘Arab economic and geopolitical exception’ remains in place.
Tunisia, democracy in danger
The aim of the slaughter in the Bardo Museum is threefold: to try to derail the promising democratic transition; to torpedo the economy by hitting the all-important tourism industry; and to drag Tunisia into a scenario of Jihadism that generates chaos.
A revolution within the revolution: the Houthi movement and the new political dynamics in Yemen
The political transition in Yemen has entered a critical stage after the Houthi movement’s take-over of Sana’a and President Hadi’s flight to Aden. The polarisation of the political forces reflects the growing tensions in the region and could end in an open military conflict.
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