Gulf Reconciliation: What You Need to Know
While reconciliation between Qatar and Saudi Arabia is to be celebrated and welcomed, the reality is that it poses far more questions than answers, particularly given the cold…
Read Moreby Sami Hamdi | Jan 11, 2021
While reconciliation between Qatar and Saudi Arabia is to be celebrated and welcomed, the reality is that it poses far more questions than answers, particularly given the cold…
Read Moreby Sami Hamdi | Dec 31, 2020
2020 has been an eventful year for the Middle East and North Africa. As conflicting geopolitical interests and the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to raise c…
Read Moreby Sami Hamdi | Dec 15, 2020
Sisi has deployed crushing repressive measures against all opposition across the political spectrum, and he has become increasingly emboldened by an international community th…
Read Moreby Sami Hamdi | Dec 8, 2020
While the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrezadeh has been described as a body blow to Iran, the reality is that it reflects deep concern and agitation amongst Washington’s closes…
Read Moreby Sami Hamdi | Dec 2, 2020
With only 13.7 percent of 24 million Algerians voting in favor of Tebboune’s “revolutionary” constitution, the regime is now caught between implementing it or ceding to the sc…
Read Moreby Sami Hamdi | Nov 24, 2020
Rather than seeking to bring about much needed reform to Tunisian media, the current proposals tabled by political parties suggest a bid to seize for themselves the unchecked…
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