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Nathalie Goulet
Nathalie Goulet is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Orne department (Normandy). Twitter: @senateur61
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For the sake of the planet, stop the attacks on COP28 hosts
The UAE, which will host the COP28 climate change conference in November and December, is not the first state in the Middle East to host the Conference of the Parties. Indeed, COP18 was organized in Doha and last year’s COP27 took place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
New gas resources must benefit all Lebanese
While the drums of war are beating in many regions of the world, the peace that deserted the Middle East for so long has just burgeoned. The new agreement on their maritime border signed by Lebanon and Israel is an extraordinary step that cannot be overlooked.
The heartbeat of the Gulf region is felt in Paris
Paris is still buzzing from the visit of UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and now eagerly awaits Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is heading to the French capital close on the heels of his meeting with US President Joe Biden.
Gulf states could play key role in Ukraine mediation
Many of us, myself included, did not imagine that the crisis in Ukraine would come to this.
Regional border force needed in wake of Afghanistan crisis
Much has already been written about this summer’s scandalous international defeat in Afghanistan, which suddenly left the Afghan people, especially women, in the hands of illiterate and obsessive butchers.
Is Lebanon condemned to an endless drift or endless purgatory
Since Aug. 4, 2020 — the day of the tragedy at the port of Beirut — many have looked on at Lebanon’s pain, a slow agony so deeply inscribed in its contemporary history that many are unaware that Lebanon was once the peaceful and prosperous Switzerland of the Middle East.