Tunisia: Inevitable Upheaval Fraught With Dangers Thierry Brésillon, August 2021 To kick over the table and grant himself full authority, Kais Saied claimed the State was in “imminent danger.” Considering the in the country, this was a reasonable claim. But for the moment, the meaning of the (…) An Economic Transition Fraught With Danger for the Petro-States of the Gulf Sebastian Castelier, July 2021 Dissociating the price per barrel from the Gulf economies, addicted to petro-dollars, is a risky affair for the ruling families. The attempts at “adjustment programmes” (…) Turkey. The power structure’s crackdown on the “enemy within” Jean Michel Morel, July 2021 At the same time as Turkey develops a foreign policy of all-out interventionism, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regime has launched a campaign against the (…) [Reporting Egypt. Al-Qarah Relies On Solar Energy to Pump Water Omaïma Ismaïl, Nada Arafat, July 2021 Farmers of the village of Al-Qarah in southern Egypt have replaced expensive diesel with solar energy to pump water from wells to irrigate their fields. The government, however, is not interested in (…) Israel-Lebanon. The Maritime Borders of Discord Doha Chams, July 2021 Despite the American relaunch, the negotiations on the maritime borders between Beirut and Tel Aviv remain suspended.While Israel wants to nibble away as much land as possible, the Lebanese leaders, divided on (…) Yemen. Unfiltered Neoliberal Policies Have Worsened the Water Crisis Helen Lackner , June 2021 Water resources are drying up in Yemen, a country ravaged by war for six years. Climate change is to blame, and also—above all—an agricultural policy that has favoured large (…) US Military Destabilised by Climate Change in the Middle East Bruce Stanley, June 2021 Weather disturbances hampered American troops, especially in the Gulf States. In addition to the weakened health of the personnel, the equipment (…) Water Stories from the Maghreb and the Middle East Médias indépendants sur le monde arabe , June 2021 As soon as we begin investigating the issue of water in the Middle East and the Maghreb, we find that everyone agrees about its “rarity,” from the experts with international organisations to the media pundits. A (…) Water in Tunisia: Poverty Line and Impoverishment Plans Mohamed Rami Abdelmoula, June 2021 It is a commonplace to say that a water shortage threatens Tunisia. What is more at stake is the evolution of its uses and the distribution of the resource. However, intensive agriculture for export (…) Presidential Elections in Iran. One “Official” Candidate, Multiple Divisions Bernard Hourcade, June 2021 The presidential election of 18 June was well and truly locked up in advance by the Iranian system, which had eliminated the vast majority of (…) Egypt Opens the Debt Tap as Wide as It Will Go Jean-Pierre Sereni, June 2021 Over the past few months, the IMF and several other international financial institutions have lent huge sums to Marshal Sisi’s regime. But the expected reforms are slow in coming and the resumption of the tourist (…) Op-ed To Break the Deadlock, Palestine Needs Democratic Elections Hicham Alaoui , June 2021 After the failure of the Oslo Accords, the “agreement of the century” definitively buried the idea of a Palestinian state. The recent wave of violence from which Hamas and Israel have benefited (…) 0 | ... | 204 | 216 | 228 | 240 | 252 | 264 | 276 | 288 | 300 | ... | 588