The last days of Trump were filled not only with controversy at home but also with a possible war “The carrot, the stick, and the unchanging face of America”
Category: Panorama
Tunisia in the crosshairs
Tunisia, like several countries of the region, suffers from ongoing protests and political turmoil. While one of the main “Tunisia in the crosshairs”
Peace returns to Libya?
Libya, which recently was leading the headlines with a possibility of open war between Turkey and Egypt, largely disappeared from “Peace returns to Libya?”
Regional ties around Adan airport.
On 30 December the airport of Adan, the temporal capital of the Saudi-Emirati-backed so-called “unity government” was bombed, right at “Regional ties around Adan airport.”
Qatar won the gamble
On 5 January not only a new year but a whole new chapter started in the Middle East. Or at “Qatar won the gamble”
Reconciliations.
Undoubtedly the biggest news of the week was Morocco’s normalization camp. A camp which by now leading Israeli officials to call an Israeli-Sunni alliance, “Reconciliations.”
Switching or Twitching?
Last week we saw that the dilemmas of Saudi Crown Prince Muḥammad ibn Salmān are growing and there are many signs that he is desperately “Switching or Twitching?”
Ibn Salmān’s dilemmas
The last week was full of turns in the Middle East. But very few of them were surprising given the trends of the last “Ibn Salmān’s dilemmas”
An island astray
This week saw yet another major step in the normalization process. On 18 November Bahraini Foreign Minister ‘Abd al-Laṭīf az-Ziyānī arrived to Jerusalem, openly “An island astray”
On Slippery Sands
The regional race for positions is still going on. Two weeks ago we saw one end of the Middle East, “On Slippery Sands”