Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The ceasefire has been extended in Yemen, but all the signs are that the war may be set to continue.
In a recent interview, former President Moncef Marzouki said that Saied’s coup would not prevail and has proposed a road map to confront the crisis.
In an interview, Marsin Alshamary discusses the current crisis in Iraq, and the possibility of a wider armed confrontation.
The major issue in Tunisia remains the ailing economy, and it may yet undermine President Qaïs Saied’s autocratic ambitions.
It really takes Tunisia away from the 2014 constitution. It concentrates all the power in the hands of the presidency, removes checks and balances, and there's no way to remove the president which is really troubling.
By ignoring soft power in the Middle East, Iran may be undermining its regional project down the road.
As a result of Spain reversing its position on the Western Sahara in favor of Morocco’s autonomy plan, Algeria has suspended its long-standing friendship treaty with Madrid.
Lebanon’s and Jordan’s efforts to advance female participation in their armed forces are discussed in a pair of podcasts.
There is a good chance that the UK's next prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party will be Rishi Sunak, who is of Indian origin. If Mr. Sunak does get elected, he would be the first non-white British prime minister. But within that milestone are some rather uncomfortable truths, which show how much the UK has certainly not become a post-racist society.
Tunisia had done very well in building its political institutions and building the backbone of a democracy over the past decade but they failed to address the economic challenges the country was facing.