
The story of Mauritania’s transformation from the weakest link in the crisis-ridden Sahel to one of its most resilient is instructive.

In an interview, Dalia Ghanem discusses her recent paper on the Algerian-Tunisian border region.

Along the Egypt-Sudan border, tensions have been rising for several decades despite limited efforts at cooperation. Both countries need to reexamine their border policies to prevent further escalation.

How hard will Egypt be hit by the pandemic’s health effects? To what extent is its health system meeting the challenge?

Having lost the cushion of Gulf support, many Arab states are looking for external financing from international financial institutions and other donors such as China (particularly in North Africa) and the United States.

Egyptian and Turkish military businesses have used their institutional privileges to dominate their respective economies, but they have key differences. Turkey’s military businesses are centrally managed while Egypt’s use multiple complex conglomerates.

The armies’ responses to the protests in Arab countries, in 2011 and 2019, towards their respective regimes varied from one country to another.

Egypt has a yawning generation gap and a regime that wants to reach youth. A new academy may help, but Egypt’s past is littered with similar, failed attempts.

In an interview, Alison Pargeter discusses the calculations of Libya’s tribes and their impact on the struggle for power.

Smuggling goods across the border between Algeria and Tunisia has created a parallel economy for marginalized border populations. Law enforcement and smugglers alike must navigate these gray zones in state authority.