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 (…) Gulf. The Sorrowful Homecoming of Migrant Workers Sebastian Castelier, June 2021 For years, the African and Asian workers gone to seek their fortune in the Eldorado of the Persian Gulf were acclaimed as heroes in their villages. Now they are coming back empty-handed to swell the ranks of the (…) Quebec. The Law on Religious Neutrality Causes Another Outburst of Islamophobia Adèle Surprenant, May 2021 At the end of April, the Superior Court of Quebec confirmed the section of the law on the religious neutrality of the State which limits the wearing of religious (…) Memory War in Israel on Arab and Iranian Jews Lior B. Sternfeld , Menashe Anzi , May 2021 In 2019, an exhibition in Tel Aviv entitled “Leaving, Never to return?” linked the departure of Jews from the East to their fate in their home countries. In the United States, Europe and the Middle East, scholars are (…) Rigged Match in the Media Ring Investigation Jean Stern, May 2021 Current events show it once again: caught between the bullying tactics of a handful of hyped-up Israel admirers and faint-hearted newsrooms, it takes iron willpower—or an independent news organ—to cover current events in (…) Who Will Pay for the Rafales Delivered to Egypt? Jean-Pierre Sereni, May 2021 The announcement of the sale of 30 Rafale warplanes to Egypt caused something of a stir. That was partly because of the country’s disastrous human rights record, but also because of the questions raised by a (…) Afghanistan: Escalation of Ethnic Tensions While the US Prepares to Evacuate its Troops Diane Villemin, May 2021 While the negotiations between Afghans aimed at setting up a government which would include the (…) The Downward Spiral of Lebanese and Syrian Currencies Henri Mamarbachi, May 2021 As the economic and social crisis in Syria and Lebanon continues to deepen, the currencies of both countries keep losing their value. Nothing seems able to slow the nose-dives which are ruining so many (…) Saudi Aramco: Last Man Standing in the Oil Era Sebastian Castelier, May 2021 Decarbonising the economy does not mean bringing the world’s oil consumption to a sudden stop. As the planet’s number one producer of black gold, Saudi Aramco means to exploit this situation to the hilt, making Saudi (…) Lebanon: Endless Bickering as the Boat Goes Down Jim Muir , April 2021 Eight months after the blast at Beirut port and the resignation of Hassan Diab’s cabinet, and six months after Saad Hariri was asked to form a new one, Lebanon is still without a government, as the country plunges (…) Timid Initiatives to Bring Yemen out of War Helen Lackner , April 2021 Yemen has recently returned to international headlines. The UN has admitted that famine is affecting Yemenis, the Huthi movement has intensified its offensive on Marib. Following the new Biden administration, the Saudis (…) 0 | ... | 228 | 240 | 252 | 264 | 276 | 288 | 300 | 312 | 324 | ... | 600