It’s about managing oil prices, bread prices, and strategic partnerships.
In an interview, Ruslan Trad describes how private military companies advance the Kremlin’s agenda in the Arab world.
Libya may be heading toward new rounds of conflict in the aftermath of its recently aborted elections.
In an interview, Tarek Mitri looks back at Libya’s volatile transition after the fall of the Qaddafi regime.
Recent diplomatic progress offers Libya an uncertain but real chance at better days ahead. Modest U.S. support could improve the chances that this opening succeeds.
Russia is in the Mediterranean to stay. As long as the Kremlin remains locked in a tense standoff with NATO, it will aim to prevent the alliance from dominating the region.
Tunisia's informal trade networks reflect growing trends: the country's progressive shift away from Europe, and the rise of Turkey and China as major trade partners.
Authoritarian military politics in North Africa will be shaped by relations between the military and the head of state, dynamics within the coercive sector, marginalization of the private sector, and the ability of state actors to leverage foreign support.
As conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Iraq move toward de-escalation, postwar reconstruction will be complicated. Each country has a unique postwar outlook, but in all four countries, political reconstruction is a key foundation for long-term economic stability.
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