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‘Twin brothers’ Morocco and Algeria may finally be reunited

  • The annual Throne Day speech in Morocco is always an important barometer of Moroccan policy, both domestic and international. Moroccans are accustomed to its content, such as how the country is dealing with societal changes, developmental challenges, building partnerships overseas and, of cours...
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Zemmour a symptom of France’s political malaise

  • French employers “have the right to refuse Arabs or blacks” and “all Muslims, whether they say it or not, consider (Islamist terrorists) to be ‘good Muslims’” — these wild assertions are not from the chat room of a far-right website, they are the public statements for which French presidential ...
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Why Western Sahara matters to Morocco

  • Events in the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta last month focused minds on the issue of illegal migration and the role of Morocco. However, the diplomatic fallout from 8,000 migrants entering Spanish territory unobstructed highlights a much larger disagreement between Morocco and Spain over the so...
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Why the UK Conservatives need another Thatcher

  • The UK is facing its “worst peacetime crisis,” and the union is “more divided than at any time since the Civil War.” Such statements have been used to describe the current impasse the country finds itself in. With embattled Prime Minister Theresa May to step down next week, Conservative Party c...
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Why cohesive states will fare better

  • Two months ago, Alexander Lukashenko, the dean of the post-Soviet dictators, stood in a peaked cap of cartoon proportions and told the Belarussian people that vodka and trips to the sauna would see them through the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis. This attitude has been aped by other auth...
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Why China’s growing influence may be held up in Middle East

  • Long before the Belt and Road Initiative entered the political lexicon, decision-makers in Beijing had set their sights on the Arab world. Though originally conceived as a way to create a Chinese bridge connecting East Asia with the frontier of Europe, the initiative has increasingly enveloped ...
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Why Arab League should seek reconciliation with Syria

  • The Arab League last month resumed some of its activities in Damascus for the first time since November 2011, when the organization’s foreign ministers suspended Syria’s membership. As the 10-year anniversary of the Syrian civil war looms, many predict that, despite the great human cost of the ...
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What Raisi presidency will mean for Iran’s regional rivals

  • Iran’s Guardian Council disqualified all but seven of last month’s 592 presidential hopefuls — including the country’s longest-serving parliamentary speaker, a vice president and a former president — in the most extreme interference by a supreme leader in the electoral process. After a disast...
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What now for le Français?

  • An unintended consequence of the UK’s decision to leave the EU is a debate over language that is taking place, and it is increasingly becoming clear that there are some in Paris who plan for French to become the official language of the EU. With 24 official languages, it is hard for the union to...
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What fuels ‘Rocketman’?

  • Between 1950 and 1953, the US bombed every population center in North Korea. Gen. Curtis LeMay, head of the Strategic Air Command during the Korean War, estimated that the US “killed off — what — 20 percent of the population.”...
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