Middle East & Africa
As Marsha Lazareva languishes in jail, foreign businesses will “think twice” before investing in Kuwait
IF THERE IS one thing to glean from the case of Marsha
Lazareva, it’s that foreign businesses must now think very carefully before
investing in Kuwait.
For...
Economic reform in the Gulf: Who benefits, really?
For Gulf leaders, long-overdue economic reforms were never going to be
easy.
Leaders like the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates, Mohammed bin...
Does the Regime change in Algeria and Sudan signals the advent of “Arab Spring 2.0”?
With the ouster of Abdelaziz Bouteflika as the president of Algeria and
removal of Omar al-Bashir, as the president of Sudan – some scholars are
arguing...
Ratcheting up tension: US designation of Revolutionary Guards risks escalation
The stakes in the Middle East couldn’t be higher.
Suspicion that the United States’ intent is to change
the regime in Tehran rather than its officially...
Libya: Will the U.N. Appeal for a halt to the March on Tripoli be heard?
With the
administrative-political situation in Libya badly stalemated and a meeting for
negotiations to be held 14-16 April unlikely to make progress, on Thursday 4
April 2019,...
Russia and Angola: Stuck Between Diplomatic Rhetoric and Business Reality
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks at the
Kremlin with President of Angola leader João Lourenço on strengthening
cooperation in trade, the economy and culture, as...
Middle Eastern protests challenge debilitating Gulf counterrevolution
Much of
the Middle East’s recent turmoil stems from internecine Middle Eastern
rivalries spilling onto third country battlefields and Saudi and United Arab
Emirates-led efforts to roll...
Russia and Angola: Cooperating On Trade, Arms Delivery and Natural Resource Exploration
Russia is ready to raise its full-fledged bilateral ties and strengthen
multifaceted cooperation by signing a series of agreements with Angola, one of
Russia's key partners...
Western Sahara: Round 3 into the final solution
A few days ago, there were the second Geneva talks clarified the
discussion of the parties to the dispute of Western Sahara as a solution...
Honor Among Thieves?
When Michael Cohen, fixer for Donald
Trump, payoff-artist and jailbird-to-be,
who starts 3-year prison sentence on May 6, branded his former boss a liar and
cheat who...