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The ongoing slack in oil has exerted pressure and shed light on many producer countries, which struggle to attract investment and fight to secure favorable contract terms.
A new Egyptian antiterrorism law took effect this week, and to call it tough is an understatement.
Algeria’s tough security stance and the legacy of the country’s bloody civil war help explain why relatively few Algerians are fighting abroad.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Egypt comes in the aftermath of Iran’s nuclear deal and as part of broader American diplomatic efforts to coordinate the region’s fight against terrorism.
“Sisi’s Egypt” might last as long as “Pinochet’s Chile” or “Salazar’s Portugal.” But that will not be because it is well designed—or even designed at all.
The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest opposition movement and one of its oldest, is squeezed between an unprecedented crackdown from the security state and a young generation pushing for more assertive action against the regime of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
In the upcoming Strategic Dialogue, Secretary Kerry should urge President Al-Sisi to end his repression of critics in order to advance a more effective strategy for countering violent extremism.
The Sahel-Sahara region faces a multitude of security challenges, including structural factors that have contributed to radicalization and the successful exploitation of ethnicity and religion by violent extremist groups.
The immediate causes of Algeria’s Ghardaia conflict between ethnic Arabs and Berbers are more political, social, and economic in nature.
If the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood wants to maintain its coherence, the leadership has to balance the concerns of the popular base with the ways of the old guard.