Middle East and North Africa
Libya, the Government of National Unity, an opportunity for peace after ten years of war?
By David Forniès · 30/04/2021
(Input from Sarah Feuer, Ben Fishman, Wolfgang Pusztai, and Aude Thomas is taken from e-mail interviews that these four experts have given to the author in exclusive for this Catalonia Global Institute article.) Libya, marred by a decade of armed conflict and division, has sworn in an interim unity government led by businessman Abdul Hamid […]
The Abraham Accords: the vindication of revisionist Zionism?
By Daniel Roldán · 26/02/2021
On 13th August 2020, Israel and the United Arab Emirates surprised the world by announcing a historic peace agreement that ensured the Emirati recognition of the State of Israel and fully normalized the diplomatic relations between both countries. In exchange, Israel dropped out plans to annex certain areas of the Palestinian-occupied territories in the West […]
Joe Biden’s presidency and the possible geopolitical shifts in the Middle East
By Yeghia Tashjian · 29/01/2021
President Joe Biden has inherited a state of disorder in the Middle East from Donald Trump. Powers such as Russia and Turkey have filled the vacuum as the US has, to a certain degree, isolated itself from regional issues. Biden is expected to make a comeback to the region that, to some extent, goes through […]