Middle East & Africa
Is the survival of the regime at risk in Saudi Arabia?
2 017 will be a challenging year for Saudi Arabia, who is losing its leadership in the Middle East and faces looming economic...
The Contours of China-Africa Relations
Among the fulcrum points of contemporary international affairs, the relationship between China and the more than fifty countries that make up Africa is among...
The politics and economics of Saudisation
T he rent-based economy in Saudi Arabia has shown its limits since the drop of oil prices in 2014. Indeed, the country is...
Is Syrian Crisis Will Lead to Third Word War?
S yria has been passing through the throes of civil war. Due to this crisis, out of approximately 23 million Syrian population, about...
Casus Belli: The Link in Trump’s strike on Syria
T his is in response to the article titled “Opinio Juris: The Missing Link in Trump’s strike on Syria”. The incidents that occurred...
On ‘errors’ of judgment
I t was Gandhi who said: "An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because...
An answer to the chemical weapon blame game: Assad is neither mad nor an idiot
S hooting from the hip with unerring accuracy was the Wild West according to Hollywood. As anyone who has ever fired a pistol...
Fayez al-Sarraj’s attempt to take hold of NOC
O n March 24 last, al-Sarraj dissolved his Petroleum Ministry and formally acquired direct control over the National Oil Company (NOC), namely the...
Reviewing the Libyan issue
A re we sure we have so far well-interpreted Libya’s scenario, its strategic balances and the nature of our real interests in that...
The World’s Last Colony: Morocco continues occupation of Western Sahara, in defiance of UN
A t the 28th Summit meeting of the African Union (AU) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 30 January 2017, Morocco’s readmission to...