Middle East & Africa
Ethiopia and Russia Need to Catch Up
“There is a need to catch up. We agreed to
hold meetings regularly,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a media
conference after diplomatic talks with...
Playing politics: Trump and Netanyahu risk sparking nuclear arms race
Afghan president Ashraf Ghani may not be the only one to have welcomed US President
Donald J. Trump’s cancellation of peace talks with the Taliban....
Undestanding the Gulf States: The European Perspective
Mitchell Belfer is President of the Euro-Gulf Information Centre, a
Rome-based organization that is engaged in building political and economic
bridges between European countries and the...
Challenging the world order: Erdogan wants right to develop nuclear weapons
Brinkmanship may be his trademark, but Turkish
president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unlikely to provoke the ire of the
international community by launching a nuclear weapons...
Africans Must Focus on What Unites Them Not What Separates Them
The majority of South Africans are appalled at the attacks on African
migrants and refugees in the country by South Africans, said its Finance
Minister Tito...
Youth and Women Key to Making This Africa’s Century
Africa can achieve a step change in economic growth by addressing shortfalls in governance, reducing barriers to trade and – crucially – embracing...
Russia and Africa to Boost Trade
Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov has
said that trade between Russia and Africa would grow further as more and more
African partners continued to show interest...
Jerusalem Format: Searching for a Solution to the Crisis in the Middle East
On July 20, Jerusalem hosted a summit meeting for the national security
advisers of Israel, the US, and Russia that was unusual both in terms...
Gulf wealth: All that glitters is not gold
Little suggests that fabulously wealthy Gulf states and their Middle
Eastern and North African beneficiaries have recognized what is perhaps the
most important lesson of this...
US anti-Iran sanctions: Null effect in political-economic terms, but revealing hidden messages
The US
anti-Iran sanctions strike again. Not counting the renewed sanctions that came
back in force following the US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA), US
officials...