The United Arab Emirates, An Ally France Should Be Ashamed Of Sébastien Fontenelle, December 2021 The fact that France has contracted many arms sales with the United Arab Emirates has gone largely uncontested. Yet a joint report from the International Federation for Human Rights, its (…) The Maghreb, a French Colonial Invention Julien Lacassagne, December 2021 Anthropologist Abdelmajid Hannoum has just published a fascinating historical enquiry into the origin of the term Maghreb, invented to a large extent by the theoreticians of French colonialism. That word, which he has studied in (…) In the Paradise of Black Gold, Carbon Neutrality Is in the Pipeline Sebastian Castelier, December 2021 The six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council are among those with the highest CO2 emissions per head in the world. As battle is joined for decarbonising the global economy, the (…) The Turkish Army Has Lost its Lustre Gabriel Aristide, November 2021 After 20 years of rule by the Justice and Development Party, has the influence of the armed forces, who used to intervene directly in running the country, disappeared? The harassment of its former and current personnel indicates that (…) Gwadar Harbour, Key to the Sino-Pakistani Partnership Hugo Lacombe, November 2021 In Baluchistan, on the Arabian Sea-board, Pakistan has been developing for the last two decades a large-scale harbour project in the town of Gwadar. After an initial phase, terminated in 2007, the (…) Open the Windows, Support Orient XXI! November 2021 In this month of November, several dozen publishers of independent media (over 85 thus far) have signed an appeal to “Open the windows, read the independent media!”. It contains these (…) Iraq. “Without Water, We Have No Life” Safaa Khalaf, November 2021 Dramatic water shortages, increasing drought and temperature, intensifying dust storms, desertification, soil erosion and loss of biodiversity. Iraq is experiencing an unprecedented environmental crisis that (…) Apocalypse Soon, From North America to Jerusalem Falestin Naili, November 2021 Are the US evangelists the last rampart against the expansion of Zionism or are they Israel’s unnatural allies? In their majority allied with the Israeli far right, they include nonetheless a fringe which believes (…) The Arabs Are Back on Their Road to Damascus Baudouin Loos, November 2021 The growing lack of US interest in the Middle East has prompted several Arab capitals that had broken with Bashar Al-Assad’s Syria to undertake a normalisation of their relations with his regime. All the more so as the (…) Gas Flareup Caused by Sanctions Against Iran and Russia Jean-Pierre Sereni, November 2021 The explosion in the price of gas is a threat both to consumers and to growth, especially in the West. But it is actually the West, through its sanctions against Iran and Russia, which has largely (…) Turkey. The Arms Industry on the Fast Track to Autonomy Émile Bouvier, October 2021 In a single decade, Turkey has considerably increased its autonomy in the matter of arms manufacture and achieved several triumphs on the export market, especially in the area of drone production. But (…) French Jews Split Over Zemmour Jean Stern, October 2021 The probable candidacy in next year’s presidential election of the man who promotes the fear of the “great replacement” has produced a shock wave in the French Jewish community. Many Jews are saying they will vote for Eric Zemmour, to the dismay (…) 0 | ... | 144 | 156 | 168 | 180 | 192 | 204 | 216 | 228 | 240 | ... | 552